In our latest insight blog, Jonathan Brill Chief Executive at Eduvate highlights the important role that collaboration will play in tackling financial inclusion here in Scotland as well as key ways in which the financial services industry can support in order to reduce the financial inclusion gap.

Fionn Travers-Smith, Financial Inclusion Manager at Phoenix Group has written our latest insight blog outlining the purpose of the firms new Funding Future’s Programme and how you can get involved.

Following this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, Steven Shepherd from our Mental Health & Wellbeing workstream reflected on a workstream event from earlier in 2024 that focussed on how we can all begin to factor small habits into our busy lives that will have a big impact on our health and happiness.

SFE YP are delighted to present our latest blog on the theme of Carbon Credits, written by Douglas Ross from our Climate Change and Journey to Net Zero workstream. In this insightful and thought-provoking blog, Douglas provides an accessible and engaging introduction into the topic of Carbon Credits and how these instruments and their markets have long been a source of controversy.

To mark Social Mobility Day, our Chief Executive Sandy Begbie has written an insight blog discussing the importance of addressing socioeconomic inequality through to the skills system. Read the ful blog here.

Dexter Amos from the SFE YP Climate Change and Journey to Net Zero workstream has shared his thoughts on World Bike Week and the benefits that can be realised by factoring even just a little cycling into our daily lives – from better mental health to saving money and boosting your energy.

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.

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.

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.

In our next spotlight on higher education blog, Matej Mezes, of PwC provides insight on his accountancy degree at Edinburgh Napier University whilst working a full time job as a duty manager at the Edinburgh University Pleasance gym before eventually landing a place on the Actuarial Services Graduate Programme at PwC.

After receiving the rising star award at the 2023 Scottish Financial Services Awards, Rachel Coleman of Pinsent Masons has shared a blog with us outlining her current role, the work she carried out that enabled her to win the award and how it felt to receive such recognition.

In our first spotlight on higher education blog, Robert Glover from abrdn shares his career story to date, his regret at not pursuing higher education early in his career but how he has now corrected this through applying to a graduate apprenticeship scheme where he is now working towards a full Bsc Hon degree as a data scientist.

Origo Chief Executive and SFE board member, Anthony Rafferty has shared an insight blog with us diving into the importance of a company having a why. In the blog Anthony shares examples of his business Origo’s why and also expresses the need for no more paper-based processes in the workplace whilst providing examples of what Origo are doing to address this.

After winning the leading the journey to net zero award at the 2023 Scottish Financial Services Awards, Eva Cairns of abrdn has shared an insight blog with us outlining the framework that herself and her sustainability team put together, designed to empower investors to hold corporate firms accountable when it comes to the credibility of their climate strategies and promises

As part of this year’s Scottish Careers Week we’re celebrating inspiring career stories that showcase diverse experiences and different career paths across our industry. Last but not least, Teresa Bradley shares her experience entering the financial services industry from a low socio-economic background

As part of this year’s Scottish Careers Week we’re celebrating inspiring career stories that showcase diverse experiences and different career paths across our industry. Anna Gillies from FinTech Scotland is up next to share her journey into financial services.

As part of this year’s Scottish Careers Week we’re celebrating inspiring career stories that showcase diverse experiences and different career paths across our industry. Ally Moncrieff from Lloyds Banking Group shares his story about a journey into financial services and wealth management.

In our latest insight blog, we spoke down to sat down with Sanghamitra Karra from Morgan Stanley’s Inclusive Ventures Group, which provides access to capital and connections to early-stage technology and technology-enabled companies led by underrepresented founders.

The SFE Young Professionals’ Learn about Me series aims to highlight the different routes, variety of roles, and experiences of young professionals in the financial services industry. Our next blog is with SFE YP Firm Rep Lead and Events and Relationships Manager at SFE, Rachel Kennedy.