SFE YP are delighted to present our latest blog written by the Mental Health & Wellbeing Workstream which provides insight into the topic of movement in the workplace as well as the effects of this on our mental & physical wellbeing.

The Scottish Financial Enterprise Young Professionals Network (SFE YP) is looking to fill a number of Workstream Contributor Roles.

SFE Chief Executive and Developing the Young Workforce Chair Sandy Begbie calls on employers to embrace the #NoWrongPath campaign and discusses the different options available to all young people as they look to their future.

In our latest insight blog Sawn Hyams analyses the FCA’s recent Consumer Duty event, pinpointing the themes that the FCA are likely to be looking at in their supervisory activity with firms over the next year or so.

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.

Sue Dawe has been appointed as chair of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) with immediate effect. She brings over 35 years’ experience to the role and currently leads EY’s Financial Services Practice in Scotland.

Heriot-Watt University has announced a strategic collaboration with J.P. Morgan for the provision of multiple Graduate Apprenticeship positions, based in Edinburgh, a positive step in addressing the pressing demand for generating new talent for Scotland’s financial services sector.

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 responds to the results of the UK general election, congratulating Keir Starmer on Labour’s victory.

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.

The document calls on all parties to commit to good government, fostering a thriving business environment, championing green and sustainable finance, and investing in people and skills.

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.

We have launched our latest impact report, designed to enable you to explore in detail the work that our team has delivered, and the value that we have brought to our members, and to the wider Scottish financial services industry.

John McGuigan has announced his intention to stand down as chair of Scottish Financial Enterprise, with his successor to be confirmed at an EGM next month.

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.