Features
ANALYSIS - Councils are taking a risk with their new housing PFI schemes by banking on a property market recovery. Read more...
ANALYSIS - Scotland’s new primary care building scheme will seek private investment – within limits Read more...
Defining waste might seem an abstract task, but can cost councils lots of time – and money, says Amelia Whittaker, a solicitor at Trowers & Hamlins. Read more...
Our radical new model offers better value - and stronger community support - than traditional PPP, claims Stephen Gibson, director at Cordale Housing Association. Read more...
The industry must adapt to a quantum shift in the way banks lend to PFI deals, warns Adrian Olsen, head of global project finance at the Bank of Ireland. Read more...
The M25 deal is good news for the project finance market, whatever the pessimists may say. Richard Threlfall, partner at KPMG, comments. Read more...
We won’t close any major deals this year. But here’s our manifesto for 2010, says Mark Baxter, PPP Unit director at Miller Construction. Read more...
Partnerships set up to build schools and health centres are about to start going head-to-head for regeneration and council projects. By Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi Read more...
Even though the Conservatives should be natural friends of the private finance initiative, the signs are that a change in government could bring bad news. Don Smith reports Read more...
A damning report into the demise of Metronet shows how public agencies failed to protect the taxpayer – and carries a stark warning for the future. By Max Rashbrooke Read more...
Projects should be made smaller, simpler, and more locally driven – not ever bigger and bigger, says Julian Rudd-Jones, managing director at Kajima Partnerships. Read more...
The school building agency will take on more work - and boost design - despite the economic crisis, argues Tim Byles, chief executive of Partnerships for Schools. Read more...
JUNE NEWS ANALYSIS - A new study purports to show PFI schools are better than conventional ones, but actually highlights the difficulty of making any such claim. Read more...
JUNE NEWS ANALYSIS - As a funding deadline looms for the Tube PPP, the relationship between the public and private sectors remains tricky. Read more...
Local councils need to think about how they will really ‘transform education’ before launching their schemes, says Dr Shirley Goodwin, BSF director Appleyards. Read more...
Councils and the Treasury will have to plug funding gaps, as commercial finance remains in short supply, says Richard Guit, partner at Addleshaw Goddard. Read more...
The Treasury’s new plan for accounting for PFI projects has ended fears that building programmes could dry up. But it may do nothing to resolve the age-old problem of schemes being tweaked to keep them off the Books. Max Rashbrooke reports. Read more...
Increased margins on bank loans – and other funding conditions – continue to benefit the investors left in the PFI market, but the Treasury seems unconcerned. By Don Smith Read more...
We are tackling the big waste issues, says Amar Qureshi head of contracts and guidance at WIDP. Read more...
Lift is ready, willing and able to manage entire primary healthcare estates, says Chris Whitehouse chair at the Lift Council. Read more...
