Scottish Enterprise Study: Important Materials to the Scottish Economy

As a business based in Scotland we ask a few moments of your time to think about the questions below relating to raw materials’ issues. Responses can be discussed over the phone, please let us know if there is a convenient time to do so by contacting Dan Skinner; or 01296 423 915. Alternatively please complete the form yourself and return via email to Dan. Data supplied will be anonymised and only used as part of a wider analysis.

Raw materials could include metals and minerals, agricultural and food inputs, construction materials such as bricks and timber, and basic components. Finished products, energy materials such as oil, gas, coal and biomass are excluded.

1.Company and Contact Information

Company: / Click here to insert / Postcode: / Click here to insert
Contact Name: / Click here to insert / Position: / Click here to insert
Contact Details: / Email/Telephone
Industrial Sector: / Select a sectorAerospace, Defence and MarineConstructionEnergyFood and DrinkForest and Timber TechnologiesLife and Chemical SciencesManufacturingTechnology and EngineeringTextilesOther / Other? / Please describe
Main Product(s): / Click here to insert
Company Size: (Scottish based) / Select a sizeMicro (<10)Small (<50)Medium (<250)Large (>250) / What proportion of your production is Scottish based? / %?

2.Reliance on raw materials

What are the main materials (or components) that your business is reliant on? / Please outline here
How important are raw material inputs to your business? / Please select oneInsignificantQuite ImportantVery ImportantVital
Which materials are most important to your business and why? (please consider factors such as risk to business as well as cost) / Please discuss up to three

3.Raw materials issues

In the past 2 years has your business been affected by issues relating to material supply? E.g uncertainty of supply, price changes, etc… / Yes/No?YesNo
For the materials your business relies on, are you aware of any changes in (1) frequency of occurrence of threat to supply or (2) size of risk to supply? / (1)
(2) / Yes/No?YesNo
Yes/No?YesNo
If yes to any of the above;
  • Which materials have been most affected?[a]
/ Please add up to three
  • What are the specific issues faced?
  • How have they affected your business?
/ Please describe here in as much detail as possible
  • What has your response been?
/ Please describe here in as much detail as possible
  • Have you, or would you consider using industrial biotechnology as a solution?
/ Please describe here
Do you foresee the existing situation for material supply changing? If so, for which materials and over what timescale? / Please describe here
What is your longer term strategy for managing raw materials issues? / Please describe here
What and where are other risks along your supply chain? / Please describe here
How doesraw material risk compare in terms of importance? / Please select one1 - Very Low2 - Low3 - Moderate4 - High5 - Very High
What are the risks you would rank above material risk, and why? / Please describe here

4.Wider concerns over raw materials

Critical raw materials that experience a high importance to business and a high supply risk have been defined at a Scottish, UK and EU level. Which of these studies and discussions are you aware of? / Please describe here

5.Opportunities and threats to the Scottish economy

Are there any opportunities to business arising from issues/risks relating to raw materials? / Please describe here
Are there any threats to business resulting from issues/risks relating to raw materials? / Please describe here
Where is support for raw materials supply issues most needed? E.g. research and development, sector initiatives, investment / Please describe here
What could the Scottish Government do to support Scottish industry? E.g. investment, industry groups, develop internal supply chain / Please add up to three

6.Other comments and site visits

Further comments / If you have any further comments please insert them here or use the next page
Would you be willing to discuss this in more detail over the phone or host a site visit? / Please SelectSite VisitPhoneBoth

Thank you very much for your time. We will keep you informed on progress of this project.

Please return completed questionnaires to:

Dan Skinner, Oakdene Hollins, , 01296 423 913

Contact details for the survey:

Scottish Enterprise:Clair Wright, Scottish Enterprise, ,

SEPA: Lorna Walker, SEPA,

Further comments
Please add further comments here

[a] Please consider raw materials in the broadest sense.