| Date | Title | Description |
| 13.05.2025 | SFE Unveils Strategy to Double Scotland’s Assets Under Management | Scotland’s asset management industry, lauded as one of the UK’s most formidable financial hubs outside London, is setting its sights on very ambitious expansion.
A new strategy, The Future of Asset Management in Scotland, laid out by Scotti... |
| 26.03.2025 | Spring Statement: What Was Announced & What’s The Reaction Been? | Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her first Spring Statement today, outlining a vision to “secure Britain’s future in a world that is changing before our eyes” amid global economic uncertainty and rising borrowing costs. Defence Boost Fund... |
| 03.03.2025 | Scotland's Tech Landscape: A Flourishing Ecosystem of Innovation and Growth | Scotland's tech scene is buzzing. It's a vibrant tapestry woven with innovation, ambition, and collaboration. In February 2025, the Scottish tech ecosystem showcased its strength through a series of significant developments. From strategic ... |
| 03.03.2025 | Movers & Shakers | February 2025 | Welcome to the February 2025 edition of DIGIT’s Movers and Shakers!
Each month, our Movers and Shakers feature gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem.
This August has been another bumper month, with many innova... |
| 03.02.2025 | Movers and Shakers | February 2025 | Welcome to the February 2025 edition of DIGIT’s Movers and Shakers!
Each month, our Movers and Shakers feature gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem.
While understandably not the busiest month of the year, Jan... |
| 29.10.2024 | Scotland's Financial Sector: A New Dawn for Skills and Sustainability | Scotland is on the rise. The financial sector is evolving, and two recent initiatives highlight this transformation. A new skills hub has launched, aiming to bridge the gap between potential talent and the financial services industry. Simul... |
| 29.10.2024 | Scots Financial Sector Launches New Skills Hub | A new skills hub aiming to help thousands of Scots better understand the jobs and careers available in the financial services industry has been launched by Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE).
The new getinto.finance digital platform, backe... |
| 25.10.2024 | Edinburgh and Glasgow Jump Up in Global Green Finance Index | Scotland’s two largest cities have improved their position in the latest Z/Yen Global Green Finance Index, underlining the sector’s global reputation and development in green finance.
The Scottish capital has moved up five places to 19th po... |
| 11.09.2024 | Financial Services Make Up 10% of the Scots Economy | New research from TheCityUK, the financial and professional services membership body, has found that the financial industry is a critical driving force of jobs and economic growth across the nation.
According to its Enabling growth across t... |
| 01.07.2024 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers | June 2024 | Welcome to the June edition of DIGIT Movers and Shakers, 2024!
Every month, our Movers and Shakers feature gives you the low-down on recent news in the Scottish tech ecosystem, from recruitment and partnerships to expansions and awards.
Thi... |
| 14.06.2024 | Scottish Financial Enterprise Chair Stepping Down | Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) chair John McGuigan has announced his intention to stand down, with his successor to be confirmed at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) next month.
McGuigan took on the role in November 2022, having j... |
| 23.05.2024 | New Report Highlights Role of FS Sector in Scot’s Green Ambitions | Scottish Financial Enterprise 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 go... |
| 25.03.2024 | Comment: Are Graduate Apprenticeships the Answer to Close Scotland’s Skills Gap? | Scotland’s financial services industry is grappling with a significant skills shortage, particularly in the realms of data analysis and software development. As big data becomes increasingly integral to daily business practices, the demand ... |
| 30.01.2024 | How Are Scots Businesses Navigating Hybrid Working? | The ‘Ways of Working’ report from Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) and law firm CMS indicates that the trend of there being no dominant model for hybrid working has continued, with firms now differing significantly in their approaches to... |
| 06.09.2023 | Scottish Financial Enterprise Makes Young Professionals Leadership Appointment | Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE), the representative body for Scotland’s financial services industry, has appointed Cheri Burns to a senior role within its Young Professionals network to bolster communications, with the aim of engaging a... |
| 22.09.2022 | New Organisation Bids to Tackle Financial Exclusion in Scotland | A new organisation, named Financial Inclusion for Scotland, has been launched to help enable better financial inclusion in the country.
Leading policy makers and professionals in the private, charity and not-for-profit sectors will collabor... |
| 08.08.2019 | Apprenticeships are Vital for the Success of Scotland’s Fintech Sector | Fintech in Scotland has attracted nearly £37 million in investment over the last 10 years and has a growing ecosystem which brings together startups, large established firms, universities and the public sector.
We are now home to more than ... |
| 03.06.2019 | DIGIT Movers and Shakers: May 2019 | Recruitment FarrPoint
Edinburgh-based FarrPoint announced the appointment of a new non-Executive Director and Principal, both of whom will join its digital workplace team to work with clients and ensure they are gaining the most from their ... |
| 05.10.2018 | Fintech Firms Shortlisted for Scottish Financial Services Awards 2018 | Five businesses have been selected as finalists for this year’s Scottish Financial Services Awards, including Edinburgh fintech firm Origo; investment bank Barclays; investment writing and communications agency, Copylab; independent banking... |
| 05.09.2018 | DIGIT Deal Roundup – August 2018 | Funding DataVita
Datacentre and cloud services provider, DataVita, has landed £4.6 million in funding from long-term banking partner Santander Corporate & Commercial. The cash injection is expected to lead to the creation of up to 50 ne... |
| 27.04.2018 | First Minister Reinforces Importance of Young People to Financial Sector | Scottish Financial Enterprise, the representative body for Scotland’s financial services sector, held it’s first SFE Young Professionals event at Holyrood on Aoril 26 2018.
The event highlighted the importance of young people to Scotland’s ... |
| 13.04.2018 | Just 10 Hours to Fix Financial Services | The first ever Scottish Universities Business Challenge takes place at the University of Edinburgh’s business school this weekend (Saturday April 14).
Students from Scotland’s universities were invited to apply for the new ‘hack’ or ‘jam’-l... |
| 30.10.2017 | Fintech: Nucleus Named Scottish Financial Awards Winner | Nucleus Financial Group has been named this year’s Scottish Financial Services Awards winner due to its “highly innovative and customer focussed technology-based business model.”
The company beat off competition from nominees including: Ava... |
| 10.10.2017 | RegTech in Scotland – leveraging the FinTech promise | Perusing any industry news over the last year or two, one can not have failed to miss the explosion in coverage relating to firms failing to meet regulations and industry standards, and occasionally, even being complicit in, acts such as mo... |
| 05.10.2017 | Scottish FinTechs Urged Towards Mentoring | Legal firm Addleshaw Goddard is returning its signature advice and mentoring scheme ‘Elevate’, and is encouraging Scottish FinTechs to get involved. According to AG, Elevate 2018’s ‘expanded programme’ will offer free legal guidance to FinT... |
