To highlight the best new financial services developments in Scotland and bring the country more international prominence, the Scottish Financial Enterprise and Ernst & Young have teamed up to launch “The Innovators” awards.
SFE and Ernst & Young are encouraging teams or individuals who have developed an innovative concept during 2004 or 2005 and implemented it to make a significant improvement in business performance. Concepts must have been developed in Scotland but may have been applied around the world.
“Scotland has a long and impressive history of innovation in financial services with its banks, insurers, fund managers and other financial services companies developing new products and business processes that set standards around the world,” said Amanda Harvie, chief executive of Scottish Financial Enterprise.
Entries must be received by October 2005 and winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in December in Edinburgh.