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Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity chosen as 2024 Scottish Financial Services Awards Charity Partner
SFE are delighted to announce Glasgow Children’s Hospital as the charity partner for the 2024 Scottish Financial Services Awards, sponsored by EY.
The Financial Lives cost of living (Jan 2024) recontact survey
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.
SFE tax and competitiveness survey highlights risks and opportunities for sector growth
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.
Scottish financial sector in New York to promote £14.3 billion 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.
SFE Events Manager | Job Vacancy
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.
Financial services and climate change: A duty of…what?
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.
A just transition and the role of financial services | Grace Robertson, EY
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 cities rise in Global Financial Centres Index as industry reports 13,000 new jobs
Scottish financial services industry reports major strategic progress as industry leaders meet to discuss continued growth and collaboration
Spotlight on higher education | Supta Das, EY
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.
Employment in Scotland's financial and related professional services industry rises to 149,000
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.
#ScottishAppWeek2024 | Lana McGill
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.
SFE responds to 2024 UK spring budget statement
Read our response to the Chancellor’s budget statement here.
Sandy in Scottish Business Insider | Apprenticeships key to diversifying financial services
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.
Education and careers: GAs can bridge the fintech skills gap
Marking Scottish National Apprenticeship week, Professor Gillian Murray of Heriot-Watt University has written in The Scotsman to highlight the important role that graduate apprenticeships can play in tackling the fintech skills gap.
In depth: JP Morgan Private Bank unveils major new investment in Scottish operations
JP Morgan has unveiled a major new investment in Edinburgh for its private banking and wealth management division, further cementing the firms commitment to Scotland ahead of the opening of its new technology hub in Glasgow later this year.
Spotlight on higher education | Matej Mezes, PwC
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.
SFE insight | 2023 Rising Star winner
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.
Spotlight on higher education | Robert Glover, abrdn
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.
FinTech Scotland Deepens Collaboration with Leading Global Financial Firms for Inaugural Innovation Challenge
FinTech Scotland has launched its inaugural innovation challenge, which aims to encourage firms to share best practices on new solutions to key financial regulatory challenges. Fintechs and other teams of innovators are invited to join the challenge, with applications open now.
Ways of Working Survey 2023 | The results
Our new Ways of Working report with CMS launches today and includes a range of insights on the latest trends and patterns in hybrid-working across Scotland’s financial and related professional services industry.