West Norfolk plans PFI legal challenge
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council is to seek judicial review of the government’s decision to award PFI credits to the area’s waste project.Read more
In Depth
The confidence trick
3 January 2012 - Partnerships Bulletin's industry confidence survey has exposed how much work the government must do to convince industry professionals that it is committed to infrastructure. Paul Jarvis reports Read more...
Studying the market
3 January 2012 - University accommodation PPPs have been booming over the past few years but increases in student fees may skew expansion post-2012, writes Colin Leopold Read more...
Whatever happened to localism?
3 January 2012 - David Cameron's flagship concept is in danger of being flushed away amid the economic crisis. But the idea might yet bear fruit, reports Paul Jarvis. Read more...
Don't look back in anger
3 January 2012 - After a tumultuous year for the partnerships industry, Rachel O'Rourke asks the industry what was good, and bad, about 2011 Read more...
Weighted down
6 November 2011 - The cheap cost of finance during PFI's boom time is dragging down liquidity at banks. Paul Jarvis asks what can be done, and what the higher cost of finance means for the future of private investment. Read more...
Home advantage
6 November 2011 - Playing by EU procurement rules hasn’t helped UK contractors at home. Can the government take a new approach with only a limited number of models at its disposal, asks Colin Leopold Read more...
Latest News
New UK head for O’Rourke
27 January 2012 - Laing O’Rourke has appointed Callum Tuckett as head of the firm’s UK construction operation.Read more...
Huhne seeks further FIT appeal
26 January 2012 - The government is seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme Court over its plans to cut the feed-in tariff (FIT).Read more...
Crossrail consultancy wins HS2 work
25 January 2012 - CH2M Hill is to be appointed as the development partner for the next phase of the High Speed Two (HS2) rail line.Read more...
Lansley confirms PropCo
25 January 2012 - Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has confirmed plans to create a property company (PropCo) to manage the remainder of the primary care estate.Read more...
Govt loses FIT appeal
25 January 2012 - The climate change department has lost its appeal over its plans to cut the solar Feed-in Tariff (FIT).Read more...
Health bill faces fresh fight
24 January 2012 - The government is facing renewed claims to scrap its controversial health bill, amid concerns that changes to the health estate are preventing the NHS from making savings.Read more...
RM woes deepen
24 January 2012 - Troubled schools IT provider RM has sold off another part of its business and its managing director has stepped down for the second time in six months.Read more...
