industrial strategty

The Case for Industry Sector Strategies

Author / Creator: Lord Sainsbury of Turville

Media type: Report

Date published: 2023

The Prime Minister and the Chancellor, have seen no need to systematically support British industry in the face of fierce global competition


Building a New Scotland –an Outline

Author / Creator: Jim Osborne

Media type: Discussion Paper

Date published: 2020

Jim Osborne's view of what an independent Scotland might look like in government and the economic policies.


An Investment-Led Economic Development Framework For An Independent Scotland

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published:

Scotland, if independent, could improve its performance across 12 key pillars of its economy. There are a number of economic theories beyond the current one used by the UK. An investment-led economy would include laying down the foundations of a Green New Deal.


Resilient Scotland; Part One

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: 2021

The Scottish National Investment Bank should act as a bank and capitalise from sources such as pension funds. It should lend to the public and the private sector.  Public procurement should have the public policy goal of supporting Scottish business and achieving the maximum number of manufacturing jobs.


Resilience Economics, an Economic Model for Scotland’s Recovery.

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: 2020

We need a resilient economy, one which creates the good jobs that give people the income to live good lives now. It must have the security to make us confident we can live good lives in the future. It must be useful, diverse, and non-exploitative. It can not contain high levels of risk, or which falls over in a crisis. This resilient economy must be based on a resilient environment,  able to regenerate itself and sustain our lives now and in the future.