Scotland · hiring staff

Grants and funding for hiring staff in Scotland.

Wage incentives, recruitment grants and employer reliefs for taking people on, including young people, apprentices and people out of work.

A business in Scotland can use 15 schemes for hiring staff, and 13 are taking applications today. 11 are specific to Scotland, from Department for Work & Pensions, Firstport, City of Edinburgh Council / Capital City Partnership, Glasgow City Council and Midlothian Council; the other 4 are UK-wide.

Specific to Scotland (11)

Access to Work

Department for Work & Pensions · Open now

up to £69,260

Build It

Firstport (Scottish Government Social Entrepreneurs Fund) · Open now · Closes 21 Jan 2027

up to £40,000

Edinburgh Employer Recruitment Incentive (EERI)

City of Edinburgh Council / Capital City Partnership · Open now · Closes 15 Mar 2027

up to £10,000

Glasgow Futures — Employer Recruitment Incentive

Glasgow City Council · Open now

up to £10,000

Midlothian Employer Recruitment Incentive 2026/27

Midlothian Council (No One Left Behind) · Open now

up to £10,000

Future Works Employer Recruitment Incentive 2026/27

Perth & Kinross Council (Local Employability Partnership, No One Left Behind) · Open now

up to £8,000

West Lothian Employment Pathway Grant

West Lothian Council (Economic Development Service) · Open now

up to £6,994

Rural Skills Training and Mentoring Programme (Perth and Kinross)

Perth & Kinross Council · Open now

up to £5,000

Youth Jobs Grant (£3,000 hire grant)

Department for Work & Pensions · Open now · Closes 31 Oct 2028

up to £3,000

Young Person's Guarantee (Scotland)

Scottish Government / Skills Development Scotland · Closed

Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) — Scotland

Scottish Enterprise · Closed

UK-wide, open to businesses in Scotland (4)

Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale-Ups

Department for Business and Trade · Open now · Closes 1 Mar 2027

up to £25,000

Employment Allowance

HM Revenue and Customs · Open now · Tax relief

up to £10,500

Veterans' Employer National Insurance Relief

HM Revenue & Customs · Open now · Closes 5 Apr 2028 · Tax relief

up to £6,790

Employer National Insurance relief for employees under 21 and apprentices under 25

HM Revenue and Customs · Open now · Tax relief

up to £6,790

Which of these is your business owed?

Check your business in about two minutes: your top three matches are shown free, by name. The £19.95 report names every match, explains every rule and drafts the applications.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 · schemes change, so every scheme page shows the date it was last checked.