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.

Financial Inclusion for Scotland have launched Scotland’s first collaborative financial inclusion strategy, designed to improve the financial wellbeing of Scotland's most vulnerable populations, enable further access to mainstream financial services and eradicate financial exclusion.

SFE and Shepherd and Wedderburn have launched a new report, underlining how Scotland’s financial and professional services sector is fuelling the journey to net zero and encouraging greater collaboration between government and industry.

EY’s latest attractiveness survey has found that Scotland is once again the UK’s leading inward investment hub for financial services outside of London, with investor sentiment nearly doubling.

In this piece in The Scotsman, Sandy Begbie discusses the issues we'd like to see take priority under the new Scottish government administration, calling for a new approach to tax and business regulation and an honest conversation about how we can improve higher education funding.

Figures from the Scottish Government show that Scotland’s economy is estimated to have shrunk by 0.3% in February, with GDP contracting in the second month of 2024.

SFE are delighted to announce Glasgow Children’s Hospital as the charity partner for the 2024 Scottish Financial Services Awards, sponsored by EY.

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.

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.