ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The research team would like to acknowledge the assistance of Kaiser Khan at Glasgow City Council, Amjid Akram, Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce and Lifang Lamb, Fife Council Development Services for providing contacts with MEB owners. The research team also acknowledges the assistance of the Research Advisory Group ( RAG) members for their advice and assistance which included representatives from the following organisations: Commission for Racial Equality, Grampian Race Equality Council, Scottish Enterprise, Business Gateway, Glasgow Anti-Racist Alliance, Careers Scotland, Ethnic Minority Enterprise Centre, Job Centre Plus, Mrs Uni Spicy Foods, and the Scottish Executive.
GLOSSARY
The following abbreviations are used in the report.
BBA | British Bankers' Association |
CEEDR | Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research (Middlesex University) |
CRE | Commission for Racial Equality |
GEM | Global Entrepreneurship Monitor |
ETLLD | Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GROS | General Register Office for Scotland |
MEB | Minority Ethnic Business |
NS- SEC | National Statistics - Standard Economic Classification |
ONS | Office for National Statistics |
PERC | Paisley Enterprise Research Centre (University of Paisley) |
RAG | Research Advisory Group (for Minority Ethnic Enterprise National Scoping Study) |
SBRC | Small Business Research Centre (Kingston University) |
SCROL | Scottish Census Results On Line |
SBS | Small Business Service |
SME | Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
VAT | Value Added Tax |