The annual Scottish Financial Services Awards, organised by Scottish Financial Enterprise and, is an industry-wide awards ceremony that recognises the contributions that both firms and their people have made to the sector and to wider society.

Financial Inclusion for Scotland was launched today with the aim of enabling better financial inclusion in Scotland by supporting those who find it difficult to access fair or affordable financial services, such as free banking, affordable credit and money management services.

Today we have announced that current Deputy Chair John McGuigan will take over as our new Chair.

Finance leaders have welcomed a statement issued by Deputy First Minister John Swinney today, committing both the Scottish Government and one of Scotland’s biggest industries to maintaining close collaboration aimed at tackling the “rapidly escalating” cost crisis for households and businesses.

A record 73 nominations have been submitted for the annual ceremony, which recognises the contributions that both firms and their people have made to the sector and to wider society.

Glasgow - Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced it has launched its biggest ever recruitment programme for University Graduates, Graduate Apprentices and University Summer Interns in Glasgow. Over the next few months, the bank will recruit 75 University Graduates, 25 Graduate Apprentices and 104 University Summer Interns.

Financial and professional services is the largest contributor to Scotland's economy at 9.2% GVA. But new research from True North shows that work remains to articulate our vital role in Scotland's recovery.

The survey from Strategic Communications firm True North endorses SFE's approach in highlighting the need for effective collaboration in several areas.

Click here to find out about the purpose and benefits of Natwest Groups Wellbeing Champion initiative, set up in 2020 and hear different perspectives from some of those Wellbeing Champions in this mental health case study.

Young people awaiting their exam results tomorrow have been reminded of the value of their qualifications and the many different career pathways and opportunities ahead in an open letter from Scottish business leaders.

In our second #SpotlightOnTransferableSkills blog, we hear from Sharon Boyd, Senior Operations Manager at Barclays who gives some insight into her career journey through the local government in Glasgow and how this equipped her for an operations role in finance.

We recently hosted an event for Earth Day on finance and the journey to net zero for our Young Professionals.

SFE has been shortlisted in the leadership category in the awards, which recognise and celebrate UK organisations in their efforts to improve social mobility, both within their workforce and beyond it.

Stuart Dalziel, Senior Consultant at Capco gives some insight into his time in the army, how he ended up in financial services with Capco and some of the skills he’s been able to transfer over to the sector.

Alice Ritchie, Researcher and Executive Search at Carlyle Associates has recently written a blog around “Building Resilience and Encouraging Resistance

The race is now on for firms and individuals to send in their nominations, and I would encourage financial services organisations up and down Scotland to get involved.

Read our impact report, summarising the actions we have taken over the past year to deliver our strategic objectives.

I am extremely passionate about National Volunteer Week. For as long as I can remember, I have been a ‘volunteer,’ to some degree…