Scottish National Investment Bank

Scottish National Investment Bank: Views and Ideas

Author / Creator: Sotirios Frantzanas

Media type: consultation response

Date published: 2019

The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) should be a lender of first resort that aims to fill the finance gap that exists for particular sectors and groups of the Scottish economy.


Scottish National Investment Bank: Views and Ideas

Author / Creator: Sotirios Frantzanas

Media type: consultation response

Date published: 2019

The Scottish National Investment Bank (SNIB) should be a lender of first resort that aims to fill the finance gap that exists for particular sectors and groups of the Scottish economy.


Let’s get Scotland’s banking right

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Video 2:09 minutes

Date published: 2020

Banking has lost its way, forgetting that it should be serving its customers and not exploiting them. But a mutually-owned People’s Bank can change this.

Video: 2:09 minutes


Good Houses For All

Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published:

This is a model for building an unlimited number of houses for social rent on a zero-subsidy basis using the Scottish National Investment Bank.


Scottish National Investment Bank

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: consultation response

Date published:

The Scottish National Investment Bank must be a bank rather than a government body. It should be able to raise capital and to lend to organisations within the the government set guidelines.


Submission on the Scottish National Investment Bank

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: consultation response

Date published:

A Scottish National Investment Bank should:

  • be a long-term structural intervention into the Scottish economy
  • be a source of finance which is tailored to public-good outcomes
  • accept any applications for lending or equity investment.
  • raise capital from sources other than government
  • have a balanced governance structure


Renew: Six policies that can refresh the Scottish Government’s domestic agenda

Author / Creator: Common Weal

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published:

Policies  to renew the Scottish Government’s domestic agenda: 

  • Create a Scottish National Investment Bank
  •  Build the homes and infrastructure that people need
  • Create a world-class childcare system.
  • Give more power to citizens.


Blueprint for a Scottish National Investment Bank

Author / Creator: Laurie MacFarlane

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: 2016

A Scottish National Investment Bank should

  • support investment in infrastructure and SMEs
  • be publicly owned but operated independently
  • promote the highest levels of transparency and accountability.
  • allowed to raise funds on capital markets by issuing bonds


Banking for the Common Good: Laying the foundations of safe, sustainable, stakeholder banking in Scotland

Author / Creator: Gemma Bone

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published:

Not-for-profit “People’s Banks” should be established in Scotland’s regions to offer banking services to local people and business. These would be part of a “People’s Banking Network” A “Scottish National Investment Bank” would help establish these institutions by offering seed funding and structural support. 


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.