The Scottish Government

British Council

Promotes Scottish education abroad. Through Scottish Networks International, places Scottish graduates (including foreign postgraduates) into businesses

Department of Trade and Industry

Runs the Global Entrepreneur programme, which aims to bring new talent and new technologies to the UK by helping overseas entrepreneurs to set-up businesses

EducationUKScotland

Promotes Scottish education in overseas markets with the aim of attracting more overseas students to Scottish institutions in all sectors

European Employment Services ( EURES)

Helps people move freely and take up work in other members of the EEA and to help business recruit from other EEA countries

HE/ FE sector

Encourages foreign students to study in Scotland

Immigration Advisory Service

Provides representation and advice in immigration, asylum and nationality law

Jobcentre Plus

Provides a range of services to promote job mobility across Europe

Local authorities

Provide support to businesses seeking to recruit overseas

New Networks Scotland

A strategic partnership of agencies across Glasgow that is engaged in enhancing the economic integration of refuges and asylum seekers throughout Scotland

Scottish Enterprise

Seeks to attract companies and entrepreneurs to Scotland and through TalentScotland aims to attract professionals in specific sectors

Scottish Refugee Council

Provides information, advice and assistance to refugees and asylum seekers living in Scotland

Scottish Development International

Promotes Scotland as a place for inward investment

Sector Skills Councils

Independent, UK-wide organisations developed by groups of influential employers in industry or business sectors of economic or strategic significance with the aims of reducing skills gaps and shortages, improving productivity, increasing opportunities and improving learning supply