Features
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...
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...
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...
After a tumultuous year for the partnerships industry, Rachel O'Rourke asks the industry what was good, and bad, about 2011 Read more...
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...
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...
Light rail is back on the government’s agenda, and it could yield some much-needed opportunities to the market, writes Rachel O’Rourke Read more...
Rather than mourning the loss of PFI, housing could be the first sector to attract institutional investment, writes Colin Leopold Read more...
The operational review into PFIs is asking questions for facilities managers, reports Paul Jarvis. Read more...
The Priority School Building Programme offers the chance for a new breed of PFIs, reports Paul Jarvis Read more...
The government's review of operational PFI has enabled ministers to launch a new round of social infrastructure spending. But has the report dealt with the underlying problems associated with the model, asks Paul Jarvis. Read more...
After years of inactivity, the Welsh Assembly may be about to address the country’s infrastructure gap – and private finance may be the only option. Rachel O’Rourke reports Read more...
Since government spending cuts last year, the waste sector has been quick to open its doors to corporate finance and prudential borrowing. Does it even need PFI anymore, asks Colin Leopold Read more...
The financial world has changed out of all recognition since the crisis back in 2008. In July, a Partnerships Bulletin conference considerd the innovations being developed to revive infrastucture investment Read more...
Deutsche Bank’s Mike Redican talks to Amanda Nicholls about why the government needs to take on more risk if it wants to get its infrastructure financed Read more...
With the recovery still taking its baby steps, banks are under pressure to increase lending. But the financing world may never look the same again, reports Paul Jarvis Read more...
The success of wind energy's Offshore Transmission Owner contracts could yet result in the return of private finance to other sectors, reports Colin Leopold Read more...
Mutuals and co-operatives are flavour of the month at the Cabinet Office. Paul Jarvis asks how traditional players can get into bed with the new organisations that are emerging Read more...
As Scotland's resurgent Nationalist Party prepares to spend on infrastructure, Paul Jarvis asks whether its non-profit distributing model offers a vision for the rest of the UK Read more...
Global energy firms may use their deep pockets to steal a march on PFI contractors in the budding energy retrofit market, writes Colin Leopold Read more...
