Recent findings from the 2022 Bereavement Index conducted by software firm Exizent hasve shown that financial services could – and should – be doing more to support bereaved individuals.

SFE Chief Executive Sandy Begbie responds to yesterday’s emergency budget review.

Edinburgh has risen 13 places to number 22 in Z-Yen’s latest Global Green Finance Index, highlighting its its growing status as a centre of excellence for green finance and sustainable investment, and placing it ahead of global financial centres includes Beijing, Tokyo and Chicago.

In our latest Spotlight on Transferable Skills blog, Shannen Mckillop, Senior Project Governance Manager at HSBC UK discusses her journey into the role from PA, and what it has taught her about herself and her role.

The 2022 Scottish Financial Services Awards celebrated the outstanding contributions of firms and individuals against the wider backdrop of huge economic challenges.

I’ve spent the past 40-years in engineering, starting as an apprentice welder in the Clyde shipyards then oil rig construction, oil refinery and petrochemical plant overhauls, aerospace, defence, aviation, construction, utilities and now space. I’m currently programme director at Prestwick Spaceport, drawing on my previous experience of managing live missile testing ranges. I’m a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Director and was recently appointed the Institute of Directors Chartered Director lead for Scotland.

“Moving to Scotland in early 2021, I wanted to find a way to support my new local community while also engaging in something active with others (once lockdown restrictions had begun to sufficiently ease). For personal reasons, I knew I wanted to support an organisation like SAMH. I found such an opportunity through a group at my employer, Capco.”

In our latest SFE Perspective piece we discuss key areas for collaboration between the new national development bank and Scotland’s financial services sector.

The YP network are seeking individuals to fill both the Workstream Lead and Workstream Contributor roles ahead of what will be a busy year for the network as they support SFE on achieving its broader strategic priorities.

The UK Social Mobility Awards were set up to recognise organisations that are prioritising social mobility, for example through recruitment processes and progression programmes, outreach within the local community, or by developing innovative ways to create change

As part of Poverty Alliance's Challenge Poverty week, Patrycja Kupiec has shared a blog with Scottish Financial Enterprise focused on Welfare & Social Security.

In our first blog as part of Challenge Poverty week, Jeremy Lawson, Chief Economist at abrdn shares his thoughts on the world of work and the key challenges of productivity, the post-pandemic labour market and the economic recovery.

Sandy Begbie CBE, Chief Executive, Scottish Financial Enterprise, said the following after today’s UK Government mini-budget,

The annual Scottish Financial Services Awards, organised by Scottish Financial Enterprise and, is an industry-wide awards ceremony that recognises the contributions that both firms and their people have made to the sector and to wider society.

Financial Inclusion for Scotland was launched today with the aim of enabling better financial inclusion in Scotland by supporting those who find it difficult to access fair or affordable financial services, such as free banking, affordable credit and money management services.

Today we have announced that current Deputy Chair John McGuigan will take over as our new Chair.

Finance leaders have welcomed a statement issued by Deputy First Minister John Swinney today, committing both the Scottish Government and one of Scotland’s biggest industries to maintaining close collaboration aimed at tackling the “rapidly escalating” cost crisis for households and businesses.

A record 73 nominations have been submitted for the annual ceremony, which recognises the contributions that both firms and their people have made to the sector and to wider society.

Glasgow - Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced it has launched its biggest ever recruitment programme for University Graduates, Graduate Apprentices and University Summer Interns in Glasgow. Over the next few months, the bank will recruit 75 University Graduates, 25 Graduate Apprentices and 104 University Summer Interns.