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The costs of Non-executive board members, including the Chair, comprise:
| 2026 | 2025 |
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| £ | £ |
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| Remuneration (i) (ii) | 173,617 | 187,743 |
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| Social security costs | 19,170 | 12,787 |
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| Pension costs (iii) | 9,734 | 9,609 |
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| Total non-executive board members | 202,521 | 210,139 |
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Remuneration paid to non-executive board members is also detailed in the Remuneration Report above.
Scottish Enterprise's Chief Executive, Adrian Gillespie, was also a member of the Board. The Chief Executive's remuneration is not included above but details are provided in the Remuneration Report.
Scottish Enterprise is required to meet the retirement benefits due to past Chairmen of Scottish Development Agency and Scottish Enterprise who are not members of the Scottish Enterprise Pension & Life Assurance Scheme. £28,400 (2025: £29,400) is included for these costs within the total retirement benefit liabilities at 31 March 2026, as assessed by Isio, Scottish Enterprise's advising actuaries.
Staff costs comprise:
| Permanent staff | Others | 2026 | 2025 |
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| £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 |
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| Wages and salaries | 58,481 | - | 58,481 | 60,772 |
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| Social security costs | 8,205 | - | 8,205 | 6,930 |
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| Pension costs | 14,802 | - | 14,802 | 18,777 |
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| Inward seconded and temporary staff costs | - | 10,544 | 10,544 | 8,218 |
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| Severance costs and other exit packages | 3,205 | - | 3,205 | 70 |
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| Total staff costs before recoveries (i) | 84,693 | 10,544 | 95,237 | 94,767 |
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| Less: recoveries in respect of outward secondments | (371) | - | (371) | (323) |
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| Total net staff costs | 84,322 | 10,544 | 94,866 | 94,444 |
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i) Total staff costs before recoveries includes expenditure on temporary staff costs of £1,837,157 (2025: £2,259,123) within operating expenditure.