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Showcasing Scotland’s world-class financial services industry
First Minister Humza Yousaf will travel to London this week to take part in a number of events in partnership with the City of London Corporation, including agreeing an enhanced framework to promote Scotland and London as centres of excellence for financial services.
Sandy in The Times | Cutting university places will harm the Scottish economy
In his latest Thunderer column Sandy argues that innovative solutions to the funding challenge can be found by working more closely with business.
SFE insight | Raison d’être – or why?
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.
Business groups sign open letter to Finance Secretary ahead of budget
Scottish Financial Enterprise were pleased to add our name to the following open letter, urging the Scottish Government to prioritise economic growth and ensure Scotland remains an attractive place to live, work and invest.
Bold new vision for moving forward
In this interview in The Herald Scotland Business HQ Magazine, our Chief Executive, Sandy Begbie discusses the aims and ambitions of our new sector growth strategy and why we believe Scotland's financial services industry has all the ingredients for sustainable, inclusive growth that can benefit everyone in Scotland.
Interview: Jackie Leiper on the progress of SFE's Gender Equality Network
Find out about our Gender Equality Network in this interview in The Times Business Magazine with the Chair of GEN, Jackie Leiper where she discusses the progress we are making and the areas which we need to address, as well her own experiences and motivations for a more inclusive sector and the women in finance who inspire her.
Urgent warning as Scots missing out on millions of pounds in benefits – don’t get caught out
Our Chief Executive Sandy Begbie spoke with Matt Bendoris at The Sun about our campaign to work with our banking and fintech members, regulators and Financial Inclusion for Scotland to offer basic bank accounts to everyone in Scotland.
SFE responds to Autumn Statement
Our Chief Executive, Sandy Begbie CBE FRSE, Chief Executive, comments on the Chancelor’s 2023 Autumn Statement.
Investing for net zero: A framework for assessing the credibility of climate targets
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
Inspiring career stories | Scottish Careers Week blog | Theresa Bradley, Barclays
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
Inspiring career stories | Scottish Careers Week blog | Anna Gillies, FinTech Scotland
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.
In depth: 'Thriving' UK finance sector eyeing digitalisation and automation as top priorities, says major report by Johnston Carmichael
We were delighted to contribute to Johnston Carmichael Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers’s new Financial Services Index, a helpful tool to track the performance and key trends shaping financial services in Scotland an across the UK.
Inspiring career stories | Scottish Careers Week blog | Ally Moncrieff, Lloyds Banking Group
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.
Scotland sees uplift in financial and related professional services exports
TheCityUK’s report, ‘Exporting from across Britain 2023’ provides analysis of the latest available data (2021) on financial and related professional services industry exports broken down by regions and nations across Great Britain.
The latest report saw financial and related professional services exports from Scotland increase by 3.1% year on year in 2021, exporting £9.2bn of these services.
Business bodies unite to call for rates freeze
SFE alongside other Scottish business representative groups and industry bodies have jointly written to the Scottish Government’s Deputy First Minister and Finance Secretary asking to freeze the business rate in the coming financial year.
Sector toasts to bigger, brighter future at 2023 Scottish Financial Services Awards
The 2023 Scottish Financial Services Awards, sponsored by EY, took place in Edinburgh yesterday evening, celebrating the contribution of firms and individuals to Scotland’s world class finance industry over the past year.
New sector growth strategy sets out plan to boost the contribution of financial services to Scotland’s economy and society.
The strategy aims to harness Scotland’s immense human capital to fuel innovation and fill skills gaps, enhance Scotland’s capability as a key regional technology hub and develop Scotland’s finance ecosystem to drive transformation and attract investment.
Ed Balls returns as host for 2023 Scottish Financial Services Awards
Ed is returning to host the awards by popular demand following his memorable appearance as host at last year’s ceremony in Glasgow.
SFE launches digital blitz to attract new foreign direct investment
Phase two of our From Scotland to the World campaign is being delivered through a variety of digital assets targeted at international investors
SFE and Standard Life join forces on vulnerability report
The report comes amid continuing financial pressure on households, with stubbornly high inflation and rising interest rates causing hardship across Scotland and the rest of the UK.