John Swinney travels to London to renew a collaboration agreement between the Scottish Government and the City of London Corporation, aimed at expanding opportunities in Scotland’s financial sector and promoting investment.

Scotland is described as the UK’s second-largest financial hub with strengths in financial and professional services, infrastructure, and net-zero technology, and the partners aim to grow a modern, sustainable financial centre through collaboration with the City of London.

The agreement seeks to leverage the City of London’s support to drive broader economic transformation and establish a modern, sustainable financial centre in Scotland.

Key themes include safeguarding global integrity, maintaining open economic links, and countering false narratives about the UK while staying competitive in a changing world.

Langley will stress that actions harming one city harm the other, calling for ongoing cooperation and openness to international partners to keep the UK financial sector competitive and stable.

She will argue that damaging one city harms the other, urging open doors to international partners and a push to counter false UK narratives to preserve competitiveness.

Langley contends that anything damaging one city harms the other and advocates for openness to international partners amid a protective-leaning climate.

The partnership prioritizes ladders of opportunity for disadvantaged groups to access the financial sector and aims to attract investment in Scotland in green finance, fintech, data, and AI.

The renewed agreement focuses on creating opportunities for underrepresented groups and securing investment in Scotland across green finance, fintech, data and AI.

The City of London Corporation’s Lady Mayor underscores that economic conflicts among major powers threaten global financial services and calls for closer Edinburgh-London collaboration to maintain openness and interconnectedness.

The City of London Corporation, representing the financial services sector and distinct from the London Mayor’s office, will advocate stronger Edinburgh-London ties to preserve stability and growth in global financial networks.

Speeches will stress that economic frictions threaten global financial networks and that Edinburgh-London cooperation is essential for stability and growth.