National Strategy for Economic Transformation: third annual report

Annex A – Action Status Overview

Status of original actions

Below is an update on the status of our original actions for the final time. This shows three and a half years into our ten-year economic strategy:

Image here

	Actions	%
Complete	34	44
In Progress	25	32
Superseded	12	16
Stopped	6	8
Total*	77	100

*Includes two actions added following March 2022 and four combined actions.

Definitions

Complete

Actions that have been fully executed and the desired outcome or result has been achieved.

In Progress

Actions that are actively being carried out. Resources have been allocated, and the activity is underway, but it has not yet been completed.

Superseded

Actions that have been replaced by newer, more effective or more relevant action.

Stopped

Actions that will no longer be pursued. This could be due to strategic shifts following new evidence produced through policy reviews, changes in market conditions, or re-prioritisation of resources.

Enterprise and Innovation

Action 1 – Entrepreneurial Learning Status: In Progress

Action 2 – Embed entrepreneurship in the Young Person’s Guarantee Status: Complete

Action 3 – Scotland’s Apprenticeship System Status: Superseded Explanation: This action has been replaced by reforms in post-school education and skills, aiming to make apprenticeships more responsive to learners and employers, including start-ups and scale-ups. Existing systems remain accessible where appropriate.

Action 4 – Entrepreneurial Campus Status: In Progress

Action 5 – Develop innovative, industry-led pathways to redirect the best entrepreneurial talent into building new companies Status: In Progress

Action 6 – Create a national network of pre-start centres Status: Complete

Action 7 – Expand the scope of the current tech-scaler programme Status: In Progress

Action 8 – Develop and align private sector incubators Status: Complete

Action 9 – Attract the world’s best private sector accelerators to Scotland Status: In Progress

Action 10 – Access to support programmes from amongst the most under-represented groups Status: In Progress

Action 11 – Appoint a Chief Entrepreneur Status: Complete

Action 12 – Attract international entrepreneurs to Scotland Status: Complete

Action 13 – Attract entrepreneurial students Status: Stopped Explanation: Delivery has been hindered by UK immigration policy. However, attracting international students remains a priority. Universities are supported through commercialisation policies and integration of TechScaler to enhance appeal.

Action 14 – Enhance Scotland’s profile at key international set pieces such as international conferences Status: Complete

Action 15 – Build strategic partnerships with key entrepreneurial ecosystems in other countries Status: Complete

Action 16 – Expand the application of entrepreneurial thinking and approaches to public service reform Status: Stopped Explanation: Although overtaken by other priorities, staff continue to access training focused on creative and innovative approaches inspired by start-ups.

Action 17 – CivTech programme a mandatory part of the way in which the big change programmes of Government are delivered Status: Superseded Explanation: CivTech remains active in public sector reform. While a single National Challenge Competition was not launched, other innovation funds have been introduced, including the Ecosystem Fund and Proof of Concept Fund.

Action 18 – Build on the success of CivTech, leveraging public procurement to stimulate more business start-ups and support Scottish scale-ups Status: In Progress

Action 19 – Proactively promote business start-up opportunities to those at risk of redundancy through the PACE programme Status: Complete

Investment

Action 20 – Deliver on our export plans which takes a targeted sector and country approach to raising Scotland’s international exports Status: In Progress

Action 21 – Promote Scotland as an innovative test bed for new technologies and markets Status: Stopped Explanation: Although this action has been stopped, innovation promotion continues through initiatives like the Innovation Summit and Technology Council. CivTech also engages with public services via its Accelerator activities.

Action 22 – Provide public sector R&D grant support & finance Status: In Progress

Action 23 – Provide capital investment to support renewable hydrogen production Status: In Progress

Action 24 – Deliver on the ambitions of ScotWind and future renewable energy developments Status: In Progress

Action 25 – Expand the Supply Chain Development Programme Status: Superseded Explanation: The programme evolved in 2024 to become part of the Green Industrial Strategy (GIS). Non-GIS-aligned workstreams have been mainstreamed, and a dashboard is being developed to monitor delivery.

Action 26 – Adopt a cluster building approach to strengthen our position in new markets Status: In Progress

Action 27 – Review our strategic approach to public ownership Status: Complete

Action 28 – Establish an investor panel (co-chaired by the First Minister) to attract investment for a pipeline of projects in Scotland that support our transition to Net Zero Status: Complete

Action 29 – Improve access to private capital for business investment and growth Status: In Progress

Action 30 – Expand and enhance our Green Investment Portfolio Status: Superseded Explanation: This action has been replaced by the development of the InvestScotland investment portal, as outlined in the Programme for Government.

Action 31 – Establish a values-led, high integrity market for responsible private capital investment in natural capital Status: In Progress

Action 78 (new action) – Delivering the Inward Investment Plan to attract high quality inward investment and technologies into sectors such as energy transition, tech and space Status: In Progress

Productive Businesses and Regions

Action 32 – Deliver the Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 Status: Complete

Action 33 – Provide an efficient and resilient digital infrastructure Status: In Progress

Action 34 – Establish a Digital Productivity Fund focused on supporting business to improve firm-level productivity Status: Stopped Explanation: Scottish Enterprise prioritised capital investment to drive productivity as a core mission. As a result, a separate government fund was not included in the budget allocation.

Action 35 – Develop joint programmes of action to increase digital understanding and adoption Status: Superseded Explanation: Superseded by plans to support Scotland’s critical technologies super cluster and AI applications in priority sectors. These initiatives received funding in 2025–26.

Action 36 – Design and implement programmes to upskill business and public sector leaders in the practical actions they can take to boost productivity, at scale Status: Superseded Explanation: A new Team Scotland approach has been adopted, leveraging existing Enterprise Agencies and business support activities. This avoids creating new roles like Productivity Ambassadors and focuses on attracting capital investment.

Action 37 – Design and implement a Team Scotland leadership programme across the public and private sector Status: Superseded Explanation: Superseded by the same Team Scotland approach described above.

Action 38 – Appoint Productivity Ambassadors to promote understanding of driving productivity improvements, build international networks with their peers and deliver learning as part of the Team Scotland leadership programme Status: Superseded Explanation: Superseded by the same Team Scotland approach described above.

Action 39 – Establish a new measure of the resilience of the economy, monitoring, assessing and identifying actions to future-proof the productivity of Scotland’s economy over the long term, including on issues such as climate adaptation, cyber security, international trade links and critical domestic supply chains Status: Complete

Action 40 – Launch the Centre for Workplace Transformation Status: Stopped Explanation: This action was deemed unnecessary due to the availability of effective alternative options already in operation.

Action 41 – Expand Scotland’s SCDI-led network of Productivity Clubs for businesses to use peer-to-peer learning to identify opportunities to improve productivity Status: Complete

Action 42 – Reinforce our commitment to regional collaboration through our Regional Policy Review and continue to work with Regional Economic Partnerships to deliver Regional Economic Strategies with strong regional economic policies and tailor interventions to evidenced regional strengths and opportunities Status: In Progress

Action 43 – Introduce Community Wealth Building legislation Status: Complete

Action 44 – Undertake and publish a review of how best to significantly increase the number of social enterprises, employee-owned businesses and cooperatives in Scotland Status: Complete

Skilled Workforce

Action 45 – Develop proposals for a national digital academy Status: In Progress

Action 46 – Deliver the national strategy on adult learning Status: Superseded Explanation: A new approach has been adopted following the CLD review. A Strategic Leadership Group (SLG) was established and agreed on a CLD Statement of strategic intent, including adult learning. This will be published as a living document in September 2025.

Action 47 – Deliver key actions from the Scottish Funding Council Review of Coherent Provision and Sustainability Status: Superseded Explanation: This action is now part of the post-school education and skills reform programme. It includes a new national and regional skills planning approach to better align provision with strategic needs.

Action 48 – Implement the next phase of the Green Jobs Workforce Academy and launch a new skills guarantee for workers in carbon intensive industries Status: Stopped Explanation: The Academy was launched in 2021 and has since been integrated into Skills Development Scotland’s ‘My World of Work’. The skills guarantee has been overtaken by other initiatives, such as the Energy Skills Passport.

Action 49 & Action 50 (Combined) – Implement a lifetime upskilling and retraining offer that is more straightforward for people and business to access and benefit from Status: Superseded Explanation: This is now part of the post-school education and skills reform. The Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill consolidates funding responsibilities under the Scottish Funding Council and Student Awards Agency Scotland, simplifying the system.

Action 51 – Develop a new Skills Pact to underpin our commitment to strong partnership working with both employers and unions Status: Superseded Explanation: Superseded by the post-school education and skills reform programme. The Reform Employer Network was established in May 2025 to engage employers, and sector-focused skills work is being developed collaboratively.

Actions 52 & 53 (Combined) – Expand Scotland’s Available Talent Pool Status: In Progress

Fairer and More Equal Society

Action 54 – Systematically address Scotland’s labour market inactivity challenges Status: In Progress

Action 55 – Apply Fair Work conditionality to grants, requiring payment of real Living Wage, and channels for effective workers’ voice by summer 2022 Status: Complete

Action 56 – Deliver on the commitment to require payment of the real Living Wage in Scottish Government contracts from October 2021 Status: Complete

Action 57 – Work with employers and trade unions to achieve higher standards of pay, better security of work, and greater union representation Status: In Progress Explanation: Initially marked as complete in June 2024, this action is now considered in progress to reflect its ongoing nature. The Scottish Government continues to work with employers and trade unions to deliver sector fair work agreements in areas with prevalent low pay and precarious work, such as construction, culture, adult social care, childcare, hospitality, and retail.

Action 58 – Build on the findings from the Business Purpose Commission Report in Spring 2022 Status: Complete

Action 59 – Set out how we will support parents to increase their incomes Status: Complete

Action 60 – Simplify the employability system by implementing No One Left Behind Status: Complete

Action 61 – Ensure that Every Contact Counts in delivering an aligned and integrated offer of support for those seeking to move towards, into or progressing within the labour market Status: Complete

Action 62 – Take further steps to remove barriers to employment and career advancement for disabled people, women, those with care experience and people from minority ethnic groups Status: In Progress

Action 63 – Build on the principles of the Young Person’s Guarantee Status: Complete

Culture of Delivery

Action 64 – Establish a Centre of Expertise in Equality and Human Rights within Scottish Government Status: Complete

Action 65 – Restructure the Enterprise and Skills Strategic Board so that it becomes the National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) Delivery Board Status: Complete

Action 66 – Establish a Scottish Government Economic Leadership Group Status: Complete

Action 67 – Introduce a common accountability framework with delivery partners with senior named leaders Status: Complete

Action 68 – Provide multi-year budgets through Resource Spending Reviews Status: Complete

Action 69 – Ensure the NSET Board has the best available data, drawn from the public sector, academic and private sources Status: Complete

Action 70 – Establish a programme to radically transform the way in which the public sector in Scotland provides support for workers and businesses Status: In Progress

Action 71 – Ensure that strategic guidance to our key delivery agencies aligns with the priorities Status: Complete

Action 72 – Target support more effectively to businesses in every region of Scotland through introducing a common business identifier to be used by every delivery partner Status: In Progress

Action 73 – Work with stakeholders to consider how regulation can be used to support economic and societal aims and use this work to continuously improve the approach to regulation and guidance in the future Status: In Progress

Action 74 – Finalise detailed delivery plans within six months of publication of the strategy, setting out how the programmes will be taken forward Status: Complete

Action 75 – Publish an annual progress report from the NSET board in order to enhance public accountability Status: Complete

Action 76 – Publish a wellbeing economy monitor Status: Complete

Action 77 – Ensure a consistent approach to evaluation to drive continuous improvement Status: Complete

Action 79 (new action) – Implement Key New Deal for Business Group Recommendations Status: Complete

Forward Look

Below is an overview of our economic strategy’s delivery priorities for 2025-26. A full delivery update will be provided in the 2025-26 Annual Progress Report.

Enterprise and Innovation

1 Promote the best available project-based entrepreneurial learning across the school and post-16 education curricula. Build a new partnership between business and our education system, offering every school, college and university a network of relationships with high-quality start-ups and entrepreneurs providing inspirational role models and mentors who can show young people what can be achieved and develop a culture that celebrates entrepreneurship. This will focus initially on schools in areas of multiple deprivation.

Source: NSET 2022

2 Develop an entrepreneurial campus infrastructure, working with the college and university sector to establish campuses as hotbeds of start-up creation. This will include, for example, incubation spaces, seed funding, central banks of technical expertise to help budding entrepreneurs develop minimum viable products and summer schools targeted at generating new business ideas.

Source: NSET 2022

3 Maximise the impact of our £42 million Techscaler programme, Scotland’s national network of startup support, extending access for Scottish entrepreneurs to some of the world’s best start-up development programmes. We will integrate the Techscaler with other centres of innovation, creating opportunities for Scottish companies to raise capital, learn from world leading peers, and access new markets.

Source: PfG 2024

4 Deliver our programme of support through our enterprise agencies to help businesses to start and scale, be more productive, access finance and attract investment, develop new products and services, enter new markets, and positively impact on their communities.

Source: PfG 2024

5 Work with Scottish Enterprise, the National Manufacturing Institute for Scotland and the National Robotarium to create new opportunities for our most promising ‘deep tech’ companies to support promising businesses with prototypes and manufacturing.

Source: PfG 2024

6 Transforming the number of women who start and scale businesses by investing up to £6 million to implement Ana Stewart and Mark Logan’s Pathways report, including a further round of competitive funding opportunities and the delivery of ‘Pre-Start’ support.

Source: PfG 2025

7 Launching the First Minister’s Start-up Challenge, a bold initiative to support young people from disadvantaged or under-represented backgrounds to start and scale innovative businesses, through tailored ideation support, mentorship and grant funding.

Source: PfG 2025

8 Investing £1.2 million in Scottish Edge, recognising the critical role it plays in identifying and investing in Scotland’s best new companies.

Source: PfG 2025

9 Partnering with the private sector to deliver an improved Ecosystem Fund, issuing grants to increase the scale, quality and profile of the Scottish start-up ecosystem.

Source: PfG 2025

10 Creating a University Proof of Concept Fund focused on supporting research projects with significant economic potential to progress towards the formation of new companies by building prototypes, achieving market validation and attracting investment

Source: PfG 2025

11 Hosting an Innovation Summit as the centrepiece of Scotland’s Innovation Week, showcasing Scotland as a global innovation nation, promoting knowledge exchange and attracting investment.

Source: PfG 2025

12 Establishing a Technology Council of global business and academic experts to advise the Government on applying and benefiting from emerging technological trends.

Source: PfG 2025

13 Launching AI Scotland, a new national transformation programme founded on a partnership of business, academia, agencies and government, including a national AI adoption programme for SMEs.

Source: PfG 2025

14 Deliver a financial support and guidance scheme to support industry clusters to emerge, grow and remain internationally competitive.

Source: PfG 2025

Investment

15 Establish a values-led, high-integrity market for responsible private investment in natural capital to build on Scotland’s international renown for its nature and its environmental policy framework on land and sea, and supported by a national project pipeline for nature-based solutions.

Source: NSET 2022

16 Accelerating a targeted programme of proactive engagement with key capital investors.

Source: PfG 2025

17 Launching ‘InvestScotland’, a new portal that will showcase investment opportunities and information for investors and provide a single point of entry to government.

Source: PfG 2025

18 Strengthening SDI’s inward investment activity in Europe and the US by targeting Silicon Valley and other tech hubs to bring scaling companies to Scotland, engaging with global financial hubs to strengthen Scotland’s fintech and financial services sector, and leveraging opportunities from our partnership with the City of London Corporation.

Source: PfG 2025

19 Seeking more co-investment from public and private pension funds into Scottish projects and businesses, by working with the Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme.

Source: PfG 2025

20 Implementing the recommendations of the Housing Investment Taskforce to unlock new investment opportunities across all tenures. This includes improving leverage of public sector funds for affordable housing delivery, driving a new commercial market for shared home ownership, and supporting a more interventionist approach from public bodies

Source: PfG 2025

21 Deliver our six point export plan.

Source: PfG 2025

22 Supporting women-led businesses to export more, including by increasing the number of women who participate in international trade missions.

Source: PfG 2025

23Leveraging private investment to develop supply chain clusters for offshore wind to boost local job opportunities, maximising the impact of our commitment to invest up to £500 million over 5 years, including £150 million in 2025-26.

Source: PfG 2025

24 Working with the UK Government to reform the consenting process through the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, reducing timescales to make decisions about whether large scale energy generation and network infrastructure can proceed and how communities can engage earlier in the process.

Source: PfG 2025

25 Support the Acorn carbon capture and storage project to obtain Track 2 status. The Scottish Government has committed £80 million to make this happen but, given the importance of this keystone project for the Scottish economy, we are now willing, as part of a wider package of investment in industrial transformation, to increase Scottish funding for Acorn to partner with investment from the UK Government. We hope our willingness to increase our investment as a partner will enable the UK Government to approve the Acorn project in the UK Spending Review. This will help unlock billions of pounds in investment at key industrial sites across Scotland.

Source: PfG 2025

26 To further support Scotland’s industrial transition, continue to deliver the Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, co-investing up to £5 million in 2025-26 with manufacturers to deliver projects that improve energy-efficiency, reduce emissions, drive productivity and increase sustainability.

Source: PfG 2025

27 Provide up to £10 million in 2025/26 to support growth in the hydrogen sector recognising that hydrogen is a critical component of Scotland’s route to net zero by 2045 and has a pivotal role in industrial transformation, including at Grangemouth.

Source: PfG 2025

Productive Businesses and Regions

28 Establish a programme to radically transform the way in which the public sector in Scotland provides support for workers and businesses. Building on the work of the Business Support Partnership, this includes reviewing the products and services available, tailoring them to reflect the priorities of the strategy, and targeting grant support to delivery of local and national aims. It will provide businesses with greater clarity on the support they can expect at a local, regional, national and international level through clear and consistent communication.

Source: NSET 2022

29 Build on the success of CivTech, leveraging public procurement to stimulate more business start-ups and support Scottish scale-ups delivering products and services that can be proven in Scotland and exported to other governments wrestling with similar challenges.

Source: NSET 2022

30 We will consult on modernisation of the compulsory purchase system to help deliver a wide range of projects in the public interest, including bringing empty properties back into productive use.

Source: PfG 2024

31 Delivering a new bidding round for the North East and Moray Just Transition Fund, worth up to £8.5 million, focused on projects that support jobs, skills and economic opportunities.

Source: PfG 2025

32 Work with REPs in Glasgow City Region and in North East to deliver Investment Zones in those regions, bringing jobs and clusters of innovation.

Source: PfG 2025

33 Progress the community Wealth Building (Scotland) Bill, alongside investment in social enterprises, support for co-operatives and employee-owned firms, as well as continued investment in a CWB practitioners network. This will be supported by the work of the new Economic Democracy Group focused on growing Inclusive and Democratic Business Models in Scotland.

Source: PfG 2025

34 Award new regional contracts, alongside delivery of the £600 million+ R100 programme, so more households, communities and businesses can access reliable gigabit connectivity.

Source: PfG 2025

35 Working with the UK Government to unlock up to £25 million seed capital funding for our Green Freeports in the Firth of Forth and Inverness and Cromarty Firth, helping secure significant investment and create jobs.

Source: PfG 2025

36 Invest over £200 million in grant funding in Growth Deals, helping bring projects with significant community benefit into operation.

Source: PfG 2025

37 Work with regional and local partners to identify how best to formally devolve further elements of decision-making and delivery to Regional Economic Partnerships, with recommendations before the end of this parliament.

Source: PfG 2025

38 Consulting on mechanisms to accelerate house building, including land assembly, build out rates and fiscal measures that stimulate access to land with planning permission where building has not started

Source: PfG 2025

39 Removing all dated national planning advice to declutter the system.

Source: PfG 2025

40 Removing barriers on stalled housing sites which have the potential to deliver up to 20,000 new homes.

Source: PfG 2025

41 Supporting the delivery of three ‘Masterplan Consent Areas’ including for development associated with the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport, helping to de-risk investment by putting in place up-front development consents.

Source: PfG 2025

42 Deliver capital investment to regenerate communities, supporting at least 26 projects across Scotland that align with local development and regeneration plans.

Source: PfG 2025

43 Support local authorities, through the Planning Hub, with additional capacity and expertise, prioritising action where evidence shows they are having challenges with meeting decision-making timescales or where there are delays in producing local plans.

Source: PfG 2025

44 Undertaking rapid audits of planning teams in each of the key agencies and work with them to reduce complexity and cost, and speed up processes.

Source: PfG 2025

45 Reversing the decline in professional planners working in public authorities, including appointing, developing and training 18 new future planners in the Scottish Government, and providing 30 bursaries for post-graduate planning by end of September this year.

Source: PfG 2025

46 Target support more effectively to businesses in every region of Scotland by introducing common data sets and systems to be used by every delivery partner. Work with business customers to design and develop the model and the supporting technical and data architecture for future services.

Source: PfG 2025

47 Working with VisitScotland, airlines and travel partners to grow international connectivity, including extending seasonal routes and improving frequency and capacity.

Source: PfG 2025

48 Subjecting future Scottish government regulation to scrutiny, including by the independent regulatory Review Group, to ensure that its purpose, content and timing have regard to potential opportunities and impacts on business and investment.

Source: PfG 2025

49 Publishing an action and implementation plan based on an assessment of the regulatory controls which exist in key growth sectors, starting with housing, public infrastructure, and green industries, by the end of 2025 – designed to make it easier to do business.

Source: PfG 2025

50 Implement the recommendations of the Short Life Working Group on Economic and Social Opportunities for Gaelic, ensuring Scottish Government strategies on housing, transport and digital connectivity urgently address issues which undermine the economic resilience of the communities identified by the report.

Source: PfG 2025

51 Hosting a range of events which will put a focus on Scotland, including most immediately the Orkney 2025 Island Games and the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Source: PfG 2025

Skilled Workforce

52 Develop proposals for a national digital academy focused around the provision of SCQF level 6 qualifications including Highers, to open up access to a wide array of subjects to a wider array of learners. This is likely to include broadening young people’s access to subjects which may not be available locally, as well as supporting post-school learners to access learning later in life and around other commitments.

Source: NSET 2022

53 Introducing a new Scottish Government led approach to national skills planning, and strengthen regional skills planning, to ensure that post school provision becomes more responsive to Scotland’s strategic skills needs and priorities.

Source: PfG 2025

54 Investing up to £2 million to develop engineering skills in the Glasgow City Region, designed by the Clyde Maritime Cluster in partnership with Skills Development Scotland.

Source: PfG 2025

55 Continue delivery of Scotland’s Migration Service and making the continued case for tailored migration routes, including a Scottish Visa, Rural Visa Pilot and Scottish Graduate Visa.

Source: PfG 2025

56 Providing £3.5 million so that colleges can deliver the pipeline of skills our economy and public services need, with new programmes focused on care and offshore wind.

Source: PfG 2025

57 Publish a joint offshore wind skills action plan in the autumn, focused on addressing critical skills gaps, in partnership with industry, the STUC, and public sector.

Source: PfG 2025

58 Establishing and delivering an Offshore Wind Skills Programme in our colleges, helping to create region-specific training hubs for offshore wind skills.

Source: PfG 2025

59 Reviewing and improving school-age and adult careers support, including better information on career choices, job prospects and earnings.

Source: PfG 2025

60 Supporting schools to access film and screen learning, so Scotland has the workforce to meet the demands a £1 billion film and screen industry will create.

Source: PfG 2025

Fairer and More Equal Society

61 Reviewing the delivery of employability programmes to maximise their effectiveness and bring forward proposals ahead of the Budget 26-27, including consideration of a national model.

Source: PfG 2025

62 Supporting disabled people to move into sustainable employment through Specialist Employability Support from summer 2025. This will ensure “place and train” models are in place across all 32 local authority areas, supporting closer working between employability provision and employers.

Source: PfG 2025

63 Investing in Parental Employability Support in every local authority area, with over £40 million made available to Local Employability Partnerships in 2025/26.

Source: PfG 2025

64 Evaluating the impact of improved health and work services committed to in Programme for Government 2024, which will support up to 1,000 additional people in 2025-26 and beyond, and work with Public Health Scotland to galvanise employer action towards healthy workplaces.

Source: PfG 2025

65 Working with schools during academic year 25/26 to amplify good practice that supports school leavers to enter positive destinations, piloting with local authorities that have the lowest rates of school leavers entering positive destinations.

Source: PfG 2025

66 Funding pilot projects that will develop actions employers can take to implement inclusive recruitment practices, including flexible working, support for disabled employees, and supporting people at risk of economic inactivity.

Source: PfG 2025

67 Most immediately, we will support the STUC to pilot and develop activity designed to promote equality and diversity in the workplace and tackle discrimination at work

Source: PfG 2025

68 Applying fair work principles, including provision of flexible and family friendly working practices and actions to address workplace inequalities – to public sector funding.

Source: PfG 2025

69 Working with the Scottish Prison Service on improving employability outcomes and therefore reducing reoffending, by piloting Employment Advisory Boards to better connect individuals in custody to wrap around support from a variety of services prior to release.

Source: PfG 2025