Business

Progressive and innovative, Dundee is a thriving regional and commercial centre situated on the banks of the River Tay on the east coast of Scotland.

Home to a diverse economy - from a pioneering life sciences community to a groundbreaking digital media industry - Dundee's key sectors also include: engineering, telecommunications, energy, tourism, electronics, health, retail and education.

Dundee is internationally renowned as a knowledge economy and is recognised as a model for economic development in the 21st Century by the New York-based Intelligent Communities Forum.

With two universities, a world famous teaching hospital, a major further education college and the unique Al-Maktoum Institute for Postgraduate Education in Islamic & Arabic Studies, the city has one of the highest/student population ratios in Scotland at more than 1 in 6.

More than £500 million is being invested in Dundee's infrastructure and public facilities including a flagship £300 million regeneration of the city's waterfront and a £200 million transformation of the University of Dundee's campus in the city's cultural quarter.

Other investment projects include US pharmaceutical giant Wyeth's creation of a £50 million translation medical research centre and the building of a new £12 million headquarters for the Alliance Trust, one of the UK's largest investment fund companies.

Dundee is the first Scottish city to become a Fibrecity, meaning that businesses, organisations and residents have access to Fibrespeed - the fastest way of sending and receiving data.

To find out more about growing your business in Dundee or relocating to the city, visit www.locate-dundee.co.uk or www.bgateway.com.

Useful links

	Abertay University http://www.abertay.ac.uk/ Abertay offers world-leading courses in computer arts and computer games technology and is also a leader in teaching and industrially-relevant research and consultancy in environmental science.
	Al-Maktoum Institute http://www.almi.abdn.ac.uk/ An innovative research-led institute of higher education which offers postgraduate programmes of study of Islam and Muslims.
	BioDundee www.biodundee.co.uk BioDundee was established in 1998 as a partnership to promote the growth of life sciences in the Dundee area. It brings together the public, private and academic sectors.
	Business Gateway www.bgateway.com The Business Gateway is the first point of contact for anyone considering starting up or growing a business. The Gateway also delivers the Dundee Development Grant on behalf of Dundee City Council.
	Commercial property http://www.locate-dundee.co.uk/property A single point of contact for all Dundee commercial property issues. We can assist in defining your specific property requirements, provide the latest Dundee commercial property information and carry out detailed property searches on behalf of your business.
	Digital Dundee www.digitaldundee.co.uk Digital Dundee aims to promote the city's international reputation as a key modern digital city.
	Dundee City Council www.dundeecity.gov.uk An A-Z of services in Dundee, and the facilities provided and services delivered by Dundee City Council.
	Dundee Business Directory www.burrows.co.uk/dundee A directory of more than 4,000 companies local to Dundee.
	Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau www.conventiondundeeandangus.co.uk Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau is the business tourism marketing organisation for the City of Dundee and area.
	Dundee Renewables www.dundeerenewables.com Dundee Renewables is a strategic partnership incorporating the public, private and academic sectors working together to build a renewable energy industry for the city.
	Fibrecity Dundee www.fibrecity.eu Dundee is the first Scottish city to become a Fibrecity, meaning that businesses, organisations and residents have access to Fibrespeed - the fastest way of sending and receiving data.
	Interactive Tayside http://www.interactivetayside.com/ Interactive Tayside is a public, private and academic partnership to develop and promote Tayside's digital media industry to encourage collaboration between businesses and academia, develop new commercial opportunities and promote the high quality skills and talents of the area's digital media practitioners to a global audience.
	Intelligent Community Forum The Smart21 In the autumn, ICF announced its Smart21 Communities, an initial group of honorees that are semi-finalists for the Intelligent Community of the Year. Dundee is one of the semi-finalists for the 2010 award. Selection is based on review of nominations submitted by communities since the summer. The Smart21 are communities or regions with a documented strategy for creating local prosperity and inclusion using broadband and information technology to attract leading-edge businesses, stimulate job creation, build skills, enerate economic growth, and improve the delivery of government services.
	Locate Dundee www.locate-dundee.co.uk Offers expert Dundee business information and advice on start-ups, expansion, investment, relocation and property.
	Princes' Scottish Youth Business Trust www.psybt.org.uk If you're aged between 18 and 25 (or up to 30 if you have a disability) and live in Scotland, PSYBT could help you set up and run your own business by offering support and financial assistance.
	Scottish Enterprise www.scottish-enterprise.com Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's main economic, enterprise, innovation and investment agency. It helps ambitious and innovative businesses grow and work with public and private sector partners to develop the business environment in Scotland.
	Tay Screen www.tayscreen.com TayScreen promotes Fife and Tayside for media development and film and TV production, post-production and animation.
	Talking Tayside www.talkingtayside.co.uk Talking Tayside is a partnership organisation established to develop the contact centre industry in Tayside and to promote a positive image of the industry in the community.
	University of Dundee http://www.dundee.ac.uk/ The University of Dundee is one of the UK's leading universities, internationally recognised for its expertise across a range of disciplines including science, medicine, engineering and art.
	Waterfront Development www.dundeewaterfront.com Information about the ambitious 30-year project to reconnect Dundee city centre with the Tay and transform the surrounding streetscape.

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Useful links

Abertay University

Al-Maktoum Institute

BioDundee

Business Gateway

Commercial property

Digital Dundee

Dundee City Council

Dundee Business Directory

Dundee & Angus Convention Bureau

Dundee Renewables

Fibrecity Dundee

Interactive Tayside

Intelligent Community Forum

Locate Dundee

Princes' Scottish Youth Business Trust

Scottish Enterprise

Tay Screen

Talking Tayside

University of Dundee

Waterfront Development