Our Accessibility Policy

We at The Scottish National Investment Bank are dedicated to ensuring our website is accessible to everyone, regardless of ability. We are continually working to improve the user experience for all visitors and strive to meet the latest accessibility standards.

The Scottish National Investment Bank is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/952/contents.

This website is run by The Scottish National Investment Bank.

We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. This means you should be able to:

• Adjust the presentation: Change colours, contrast levels, and fonts to suit your needs.
• Zoom without loss of content: Zoom in up to 400% without text spilling off the screen or loss of functionality.
• Navigate with a keyboard: Use most of the website using only a keyboard. We ensure the keyboard focus indicator is always clearly visible and not obscured.
• Use assistive technologies: Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software and listen to content using a screen reader (including the latest versions of JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver).
• Clear focus: When navigating with a keyboard, the focus indicator will be clearly visible and not hidden by other content.
• Operate by pointer: For any drag-and-drop interactions, we will provide an alternative method that uses a single pointer (like a mouse or touch).
• Sufficient target size: Interactive elements like buttons and links are designed to be large enough for easy activation.

AbilityNet offers helpful advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

If you need information on this website in a different format, such as large print, easy read, audio recording, or braille, please contact us at:

enquiries@thebank.scot

The Scottish National Investment Bank 1-North Waverley Gate 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EG

We will acknowledge your request within three working days and aim to provide the information within seven working days.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

We offer a text relay service for individuals who are D/deaf, hearing impaired, or have a speech impediment.

Our offices are equipped with audio induction loops. If you require a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for a visit, please contact us in advance to arrange this.

You can contact us at:

enquiries@thebank.scot

The Scottish National Investment Bank 1-North Waverley Gate 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EG

The Scottish National Investment Bank strives to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard to the best of our current knowledge and understanding. We are committed to maintaining and improving the accessibility of our website and will continue to monitor our compliance through ongoing internal checks and our next scheduled comprehensive audit in July 2025.

The National Investment Bank website will be regularly updated to improve functionality and accessibility where and when required. We are committed to continually improving accessibility, and we achieve this by: 

• Performing regular accessibility audits.
• Incorporating feedback from users to improve our services.
• Keeping up with the latest best practices and web standards.

To ensure our website remains accessible and continues to meet the latest standards, we conduct regular accessibility audits. Our last comprehensive accessibility audit was carried out in August 2023. The findings from this audit are being used to inform ongoing improvements to our website. The next scheduled comprehensive audit will be carried out in July 2025. 

If you encounter any accessibility issues not listed on this page or believe we are not meeting accessibility requirements, please let us know by contacting us at: enquiries@thebank.scot 

The Scottish National Investment Bank 1-North Waverley Gate 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EG

This statement was prepared on 17/11/2020 and last updated on 08/05/2025. We will review and update this statement regularly to reflect our ongoing accessibility efforts.

The accessibility statement was prepared by testing a random sampling of pages, which were representative of all available content types on the website. These pages were tested on a variety of internet browsers, including Chrome, Safari and Firefox, and a variety of devices, including MacBook, Windows, Android, and iPhone. Testing was done against the WCAG 2.2 success criteria. The test was carried out using automated testing tools such as the WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool and axeDevTools.