Local enterprise company
A local enterprise company was a public-sector organisation in Scotland with responsibility for local economic development activities. The LECs formed part of the two enterprise networks, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise. The 22 LECs were abolished in September 2007 and replaced with enterprise regions.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise LECs
- Argyll and the Islands Enterprise, covering most of Argyll and Bute, plus Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae
- Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise
- Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Enterprise
- Lochaber Enterprise
- HIE Moray
- Orkney Enterprise
- Ross and Cromarty Enterprise
- Skye and Lochalsh Enterprise
- Shetland Enterprise
- Western Isles Enterprise
Scottish Enterprise LECs