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Research from the Financial Conduct Authority’s Financial Lives survey shows that while the overall picture has improved slightly over the past year, many people continue to struggle to meet financial commitments.
Scottish Financial Enterprise has published the results of a new tax and competitiveness survey, offering insight into how senior leaders in the sector see Scotland’s competitiveness.
SFE Chief Executive Sandy Begbie CBE FRSE is in New York for Tartan Week this week, as part of a delegation including politicians and business leaders representing Scotland at the annual city-wide event celebrating close ties between New York and Scotland.
We’re now hiring for a new Events & Relationship Manager. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a tight-nit, welcoming team, build new skills and develop relationships across Scotland’s financial services ecosystem. Find out more here.
Following her recent keynote speech at our Journey to Net Zero Summit Dr Sarah Ivory, Senior Lecturer in Executive Education, Climate Change and Sustainability at University of Edinburgh Business School, makes the case for a Duty of Care and a Duty of Hope in Scotland’s financial services industry.
In this blog, Grace Robertson, Consultant at EY’s Sustainable Finance Team dives into the important topic of the Just Transition, describing what a Just Transition truly means, why it is so important and how the financial services industry can collaborate to achieve Net Zero and do so in a way that manages the social impact and ensures nobody is left behind.
Scottish financial services industry reports major strategic progress as industry leaders meet to discuss continued growth and collaboration
In our latest Spotlight on Higher Education blog, Supta Das tells us about her Graduate Apprenticeship in IT management at Heriot-Watt University and how it helped her develop the key skills she needed to navigate to world of work and thrive in her current role at EY Scotland.
New figures from TheCityUK show that employment in Scotland’s financial and related professional services industry increased by around 13,000 between 2021 and 2022, highlighting the strength of our post-covid recovery.
As part of Scottish Apprenticeship Week 2024, we asked the latest addition to the SFE team, Lana McGill to write a blog for us discussing her office administration apprenticeship, what she has learned over the past 6 months and how she feels she has progressed since joining.
Read our response to the Chancellor’s budget statement here.
If you’d like to be part of a growing industry, fancy a career change, or are looking to gain new skills and experience, consider an apprenticeship in Scotland’s financial services industry.
SFE Chief Executive Sandy Begbie CBE FRSE is in New York for Tartan Week this week, as part of a delegation including politicians and business leaders representing Scotland at the annual city-wide event celebrating close ties between New York and Scotland.