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Staff Report
Staff Costs
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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- i)Remuneration paid to non-executive board members is also detailed in the Remuneration Report above.
- ii)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.
- iii)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)i) Total staff costs before recoveries includes expenditure on temporary staff costs of £1,837,157 (2025: £2,259,123) within operating expenditure.