FINANCIAL SERVICES SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT

Over the last two years, Giraffe Consulting has been working closely with Scottish Enterprise's Financial Services team to project manage key elements of Scottish Enterprise's Supplier Development Programme. Through this work we have been:

• Supporting and encouraging innovation in the financial services industry, by encouraging financial services companies and suppliers to collaborate and work together
• Enhancing the capabilities of Scottish suppliers and to increase awareness of and access to innovation support programmes such as SMART, SPUR, KTP and R&D Plus
• Projecting the strengths of Scottish SMEs in innovation to potential global purchasers in financial services
• Providing opportunities for Scottish suppliers to develop contacts and business with important financial services companies in Scotland
• Helping to build globally competitive Scottish suppliers and strengthen the Scottish supplier network.