Local enterprise company
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A local enterprise company (LEC) is a public-sector organisation in Scotland with responsibility for local economic development activities. The LECs form part of the two enterprise networks, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
[edit] Highlands and Islands Enterprise LECs
- Argyll and the Islands Enterprise (AIE), covering most of Argyll and Bute (excluding the Helensburgh area), plus Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae
- Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise (CASE)
- Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise (INBSE)
- Lochaber Enterprise
- HIE Moray
- Orkney Enterprise
- Ross and Cromarty Enterprise (RACE)
- Skye and Lochalsh Enterprise (SALE)
- Shetland Enterprise
- Western Isles Enterprise (WIE)
[edit] Scottish Enterprise LECs
Previously autonomous, the Scottish Enterprise LECs are now fully integrated into the main organisation, and act as branch offices in the following areas: