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Staff Numbers

The average number of persons employed calculated on a full time equivalent basis was:

GROUPSCOTTISH ENTERPRISE
2026202520262025
Permanent Staff:
Executive Leadership Team6666
Operations9871,068827860
Operations - locally engaged overseas staff93300
Administration and support function163173150154
1,1651,2809831,020
Others:
Inward Secondments and temporary staff (i)118104118104
Total (ii)1,2831,3841,1011,124
  • The number of inward secondments and temporary staff includes people in the overseas offices employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office but engaged on Scottish Enterprise business.
  • The group total of 1,283 includes 182 FTE staff employed at Scottish Enterprise subsidiaries. 173 members of staff are employed by Glasgow Science Centre and 9 members of staff are employed by Scotland Europa.

Exit Payments and Settlement Agreements

There were 44 staff who left Scottish Enterprise under voluntary severance in the year to 31 March 2026 (2025: 0) at a total resource cost of £2,697,940 (2025: £nil). There were 16 (2025: 3) staff who left subsidiary companies who received exit payments at a cost of £324,820 (2025: £70,022).

Exit PackageCost BandCompulsoryRedundanciesOtherDepartures AgreedTotal 2026 No.Total2025 No.
< £10,000---2
£10,001 - £25,0009211-
£25,001 - £50,00061420-
£50,001 - £100,000-28281
£150,001 - £200,000-11-