Key facts

Leading companies

Huge multinational companies such as IBM, JP Morgan, Oracle, Fujitsu, Dell and NCR have all located major data centres in Scotland

8

8 of Europe's top cleantech companies are based in Scotland

(Source : The Guardian/Library House CleanTech 100)

30%

Scotland is up to 30 percent cheaper to setup and run an ICT and electronic technology facility than other parts of the UK

(Source : IBM Benchmarking tool, 2008)

Competitive wages

Wage rates are competitive here when compared to other western European locations – for example, salaries are typically 15-20 percent less than in South East England

It's a small world

The world’s first camera on a computer chip and the world’s smallest television screen were both invented in Scotland