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With offices based worldwide, Scottish Development International offers help and advice to companies interested in locating to or doing business with Scotland.

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“Scotland’s life science research base, particularly in the stem cell area, is recognised internationally.”
Mats Lundwall, CEO, Cellartis A
"Amazon has been in Scotland for 5 years… we think there is an exceptionally good, rich pool of software engineers."
Matthew Round, Managing Director, Amazon Development Centre (Scotland)
“Scotland has led the way in establishing an effective mechanism to rapidly move new therapies from bench to bedside.”
Professor Steven Heyes, Professor of Translational Medicine, University of Aberdeen
“The welcome we had from SDI was exceptional. They were very supportive, not only in the welcome, but also in added value”.
Kenny Boyle, Director Customer Services, NCR
“We have grown the Microsoft business in Scotland faster than the Microsoft business in the UK”
Raymond O'Hare, Director, Microsoft (Scotland)

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Modern, diverse and cutting edge, Scotland has a range of core industry sectors competing at a global level.

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Financial assistance for businesses setting up in Scotland.

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Scotland has some of the best trained, most reliable and cost-competitive labour forces in the world.

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