“Moving to Scotland in early 2021, I wanted to find a way to support my new local community while also engaging in something active with others (once lockdown restrictions had begun to sufficiently ease). For personal reasons, I knew I wanted to support an organisation like SAMH. I found such an opportunity through a group at my employer, Capco.”

In our latest SFE Perspective piece we discuss key areas for collaboration between the new national development bank and Scotland’s financial services sector.

The YP network are seeking individuals to fill both the Workstream Lead and Workstream Contributor roles ahead of what will be a busy year for the network as they support SFE on achieving its broader strategic priorities.

The UK Social Mobility Awards were set up to recognise organisations that are prioritising social mobility, for example through recruitment processes and progression programmes, outreach within the local community, or by developing innovative ways to create change

As part of Poverty Alliance's Challenge Poverty week, Patrycja Kupiec has shared a blog with Scottish Financial Enterprise focused on Welfare & Social Security.

In our first blog as part of Challenge Poverty week, Jeremy Lawson, Chief Economist at abrdn shares his thoughts on the world of work and the key challenges of productivity, the post-pandemic labour market and the economic recovery.

Sandy Begbie CBE, Chief Executive, Scottish Financial Enterprise, said the following after today’s UK Government mini-budget,

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.