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We are Scotland's national and international economic development agency, and a non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. We support businesses to innovate and scale to transform Scotland’s economy, by focussing on the most transformative economic opportunities where we can make the biggest difference: ➡️ Creating an internationally competitive energy transition industry in Scotland. ➡️ Scaling the impact of Scotland’s innovation strengths into high-growth industries of the future. ➡️ Driving capital investment to deliver a step-change in Scotland’s productivity.

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is the national skills body supporting the people and businesses of Scotland. We help the skills and learning system to better respond to the needs of the economy and help individuals and businesses to benefit from learning and skills development opportunities. Working in partnership at a national and local level, we: - support individuals to reach their potential through developing the skills they need to progress effectively in their working and learning lives - help make skills work for employers, supporting businesses of all sizes to compete effectively by building, developing and getting the best from their workforce - improve the skills and learning system by ensuring our combined services are aligned, integrated and meet the needs of our customers Follow us on Twitter: @skillsdevscot