{{Short description|Government agency in Glasgow City, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox government agency |name = Scottish Enterprise | native_name = {{langx|gd|Iomairt na h-Alba}} |logo = ScottishEnterprise.jpg |logo_caption = Scottish Enterprise logo |formed = {{start date and age|1 April 1991}} |agency_type = [[Public bodies of the Scottish Government|Executive non-departmental public body]] |keydocument1 = Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 |headquarters = Atrium Court, [[Glasgow]], [[G postcode area|G2 6HQ]] |jurisdiction = [[Scotland]] |chief1_position = Chairman |chief1_name = [[Jim McDonald (electrical engineer)|Professor Sir Jim McDonald]] |chief2_position = Chief Executive |chief2_name = Adrian Gillespie |parent_department = [[Scottish Government]] |website = {{url|www.scottish-enterprise.com}} }} '''Scottish Enterprise''' ({{langx|gd|Iomairt na h-Alba}}) is a [[non-departmental public body]] of the [[Scottish Government]] which encourages [[economic development]], [[Business|enterprise]], innovation, international and [[investment agency|investment]] in business. The body covers the eastern and [[central belt|central]] parts of [[Scotland]]<ref name="ScottAff4">{{cite web |title=Our Borderlands - Our Future : Final Report - Scottish Affairs 4) Economic development and enterprise|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmscotaf/571/57107.htm|website=UK Parliament|publisher=House of Commons|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> whilst similar bodies, [[Highlands and Islands Enterprise]] and [[South of Scotland Enterprise]], operate in north-western and southern Scotland, respectively.
==History== The body is a successor in part to the wide-ranging Scottish Development Agency which was established in 1975.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Lynch |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Oxford companion to Scottish history |date=24 February 2011 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780199693054 |page=575}}</ref> The first Chairman of the SDA was [[Sir William Gray]] former [[Lord Provost]] of [[Glasgow]].<ref>Glasgow Herald, obituary of Sir William Gray 11 July 2000</ref> and the first Chief Executive was Dr, later Sir Lewis Robertson.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/03/sir-lewis-robertson-obituary | title=Obituary: Sir Lewis Robertson | website=[[TheGuardian.com]] | date=3 December 2008 }}</ref> The first year of its operation was 1977/78 with its functions described here in its first Annual Report 1978.<ref>{{Cite web| title=The scottish development agency | author=Lewis Robertson | url=http://www.scottishgovernmentyearbooks.ed.ac.uk/record/22762/1/1978_2_Scottishdevelopmentagency.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809131008/http://www.scottishgovernmentyearbooks.ed.ac.uk/record/22762/1/1978_2_Scottishdevelopmentagency.pdf | archive-date=2017-08-09}}</ref>
Scottish Enterprise was created on 1 April 1991 under the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.<ref name="1990Act">{{cite web|title=Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 - Introductory Text|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/35/introduction|website=legislation.gov.uk|publisher=Crown Copyright|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> That act dissolved the Scottish Development Agency (SDA), created in 1975 and the Highlands and Islands Development Board forming Scottish Enterprise alongside [[Highlands and Islands Enterprise]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Fairley|first1=J.|last2=Lloyd|first2=M. G.|title=Economic Development and Training: the Roles of Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the Local Enterprise Companies|journal=Scottish Affairs|via=Edinburgh University Press|volume=12|issue=1|doi=10.3366/scot.1995.0037|url=http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/pdfplus/10.3366/scot.1995.0037|url-access=subscription|date=1995|pages=52–72}}</ref>{{rp|62}}
Scottish Enterprise was created with a structure of Local Enterprise Companies (LECs). Initially these were Limited Companies with boards led by local businesspeople, but from 2000 they became wholly owned subsidiaries of Scottish Enterprise<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/central/2004/nr_040617_scottish_enterprise.pdf|title=Scottish Enterprise Account management services to high-growth businesses|date=June 2004|publisher=Audit Scotland|pages=8–9|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> and were subsequently wound up.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12454078.Scottish_Enterprise_set_to__face_multi_million_VAT_bill/|title=Scottish Enterprise set to face multi-million VAT bill|last1=Adams|first1=Lucy|last2=Dinwoodie|first2=Robbie|date=22 November 2007|work=The Herald|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref>
International trade and investment arm [[Scottish Development International]] was established in 2001 by merging the export promotion agency, Scottish Trade International (STI; 1991–2001) and the foreign direct investment and inward investment agency, Locate in Scotland (LiS; 1981–2001). It is jointly operated by Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and South of Scotland Enterprise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/our-organisation/about-us/who-we-work-with|title=Who we work with|publisher=Scottish Enterprise|access-date=29 August 2022|archive-date=28 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228054015/https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/our-organisation/about-us/who-we-work-with|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 1 April 2008, the skills function of Scottish Enterprise moved out of the organisation to the newly formed [[Skills Development Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Education/skills-strategy/adviceandguidance/SkillsDevelopmentScotla|title=Skills Development Scotland|publisher=Scottish Government|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref>
[[Lena Wilson (Scot)|Lena Wilson]] became the Chief Executive in 2009. She had previously led Scottish Development International.<ref>{{Cite web|last=McSherry|first=Mark|title=New roles for ex-Scottish Enterprise CEO Lena Wilson – Scottish Financial Review|url=https://scottishfinancialreview.com/2019/08/05/ex-scottish-enterprise-ceo-joins-forex-firm-argentex/|access-date=2021-02-28|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Lena Wilson left Scottish Enterprise in October 2017 after she was awarded a [[CBE]] for her contribution to Scotland in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lena Wilson CBE {{!}} NatWest Group|url=https://www.natwestgroup.com/who-we-are/board-and-governance/board-and-committees/profiles/dr-lena-wilson-cbe.html|access-date=2021-02-28|website=www.natwestgroup.com|language=en}}</ref> Wilson had also lead the government's "Scottish Oil & Gas jobs taskforce" whose task was completed in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-09-13|title=Scottish O&G job taskforce hands baton to Industry Leadership Group|url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/scottish-og-job-taskforce-hands-baton-to-industry-leadership-group/|access-date=2021-02-28|website=Offshore Energy|language=en-US}}</ref> She had received criticism from the [[Scottish Parliament]] over taking a paid, non-executive directorship with the multinational product testing and certification company [[Intertek]].<ref name=bbc>{{Cite news|date=2017-12-21|title=Former Scottish Enterprise boss Lena Wilson joins RBS board|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-42443810|access-date=2021-02-28}}</ref> Wilson had been paid £214,000 a year and she was replaced by Steve Dunlop, Chief Executive of [[Scottish Canals]], who was offered £168,000. Steve Dunlop was still one of the top paid civil servants in Scotland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Scottish Enterprise chief gets £168,000 salary|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/16143428.scottish-enterprise-appoints-steve-dunlop-chief-executive/|access-date=2021-02-28|website=HeraldScotland|date=7 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref> Dunlop resigned in 2020 and Linda Hanna became the interim CEO in the same month, with Adrian Gillespie taking over as CEO in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-15|title=Linda Hanna interim CEO Scottish Enterprise{{!}} News {{!}} BioQuarter|url=https://edinburghbioquarter.com/linda-hanna-appointed-as-interim-ceo-at-scottish-enterprise/|access-date=2021-03-01|website=Edinburgh Bioquarter|language=en}}</ref>
==Structure== [[File:Former Waterloo Street Post Office, Parcels Office.jpg|thumb|Atrium Court in Glasgow, current headquarters of Scottish Enterprise]] Scottish Enterprise has around 1,100 staff based in ten offices across the UK, and offices in a further 20 overseas countries.
Organisational structure consists of a board headed by chairman, Willie Mackie to oversee fulfilment of the objectives established by the [[Scottish Government]] and an executive leadership team responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation.<ref name="AboutUs">{{cite web|title=About Us - Leadership|url=https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/about-us/our-leadership/|website=Scottish Enterprise|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref> The leadership team consists of:
*Adrian Gillespie - Chief Executive *Jane Martin, Managing Director of Innovation and Investment *Gill McNeill, Chief People Officer *Rhona Allison, Managing Director, Productivity and Business Growth *Douglas Colquhoun, Chief Financial Officer *Reuben Aitken, Managing Director, Energy Transition and International
==Finances== Scottish Enterprise is a [[Non-departmental public bodies of the Scottish Government|non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government]], although it also raises part of its budget from other sources such as property rental and disposal of assets. The Scottish Government's draft spending plans for 2018/2019 allocated £256 million to Scottish Enterprise and [[Scottish Development International]].<ref name="2018Budget">{{cite web|title=Scottish Budget: draft budget 2018-2019 Chapter 4: Enterprise and Skills Bodies|url=https://beta.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-draft-budget-2018-19/pages/7/|website=Scottish Government|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>
== Partners == Scottish Enterprise works with a range of other local, national and international strategic partners, from industry and the public sector to help deliver its wider range of services and sector-specific support across international trade, innovation, investment and [[Economic growth|growth]].
These include: * [[Scottish National Investment Bank]] (since 2020) * [[Skills Development Scotland]] * [[VisitScotland]] * [[Business Gateway]] * [[Scottish Funding Council]] * [[Department for International Trade]] Scottish Enterprise's international interests are supported by [[Scottish Development International]], the international arm of Scotland's enterprise agencies.
==References== {{Reflist}}{{Public bodies of the Scottish Government}} {{Authority control}} {{Economy of Scotland}}
[[Category:Development agencies of Scotland]] [[Category:Executive non-departmental public bodies of the Scottish Government|Enterprise]] [[Category:1991 establishments in Scotland]] [[Category:Government agencies established in 1991]] [[Category:Organisations based in Glasgow]] [[Category:Business in Scotland]]