Scottish Financial Enterprise’s growth strategy update shows Scotland’s financial and professional services sector has created 21,000 additional jobs since 2023, while increasing its economic contribution to £17.7 billion. Our chief executive Sandy Begbie CBE is calling on the UK and Scottish governments to work together to build on this progress and support further growth.

A new report from TheCityUK and PwC calls for faster, more decisive action to strengthen the UK’s competitiveness as a global financial centre. Download the report here.

Scotland’s financial services sector could boost GVA by 21% and create 16,000 new jobs by 2028, according to new research from EY.

The report highlights Scotland’s strengths in talent, innovation, and cost competitiveness but also outlines key barriers to growth, including high personal tax, limited R&D support, and challenges surrounding attracting top-tier international talent.

Click here to read SFE’s response to the chancellor’s Mansion House speech and the Leeds Reforms.

Click here to read what our CEO, Sandy Begbie had to say on the new Programme for Government.

Click here to read what our CEO, Sandy Begbie had to say on the Chancellor’s Spring Statement.

Edinburgh and Glasgow have boosted their positions as leading global financial centres, according to the latest Z/Yen Global Financial Centres Index, the leading measure of international financial centres.

Writing in The Times, our Chief Executive Sandy Begbie discusses Scotland’s global brand and the role of our cities and infrastructure in attracting inward investment. Read the full piece here.