Profiles
1 May 2013 - A new local partner
Local Partnerships is one of the few public bodies currently hiring staff. New chief executive Judith Armitt tells Paul Jarvis about the organisation’s expanding role Read more...
1 May 2013 - Time for a Lift
Dr Sue O’Connell, chief executive of Community Health Partnerships, discusses the future of primary healthcare in an ever-changing environment Read more...
1 April 2013 - The Changing Man
Kajima director Julian Rudd-Jones tells Paul Jarvis how developers can respond to the new infrastructure environment Read more...
1 April 2013 - Going Local
Cornerstone Assets founder and former Partnerships for Schools boss Tim Byles discusses the move from central procurement to local empowerment Read more...
1 March 2013 - Time to pay up
James Stewart is global chairman of infrastructure at consultancy KPMG. He talks to Paul Jarvis about the need for infrastructure investment, and the role of PPPs in a world without government cash Read more...
1 March 2013 - The front line
Director-general of the Institution of Civil Engineering, Nick Baveystock, tells Paul Jarvis about his hopes for the upcoming Budget and the National Infrastructure Plan Read more...
5 February 2013 - InfraRed vision
Getting institutional investors into infrastructure is the government’s new pet project, but Tony Roper has been doing it for years. He speaks to Paul Jarvis Read more...
1 February 2013 - The Great Believer
Nelson Ogunshakin, chief executive of the Association of Consultancy and Engineering is optimistic about 2013. He talks to Paul Jarvis about new financing models, NIPSEF and his organisation’s centenary year Read more...
3 December 2012 - Making the Case
The CBI has made infrastructure investment a key plank of its lobbying of government. Paul Jarvis and director Rhian Kelly discuss the business group’s priorities for the Autumn Statement and beyond Read more...
1 November 2012 - Outside the box
David Outram at Leeds council’s PPP unit talks to Paul Jarvis about the evolution of local council procurement and finding money in a recession Read more...
1 October 2012 - The civic entrepreneur
Coventry City Council chief executive Martin Reeves tells Paul Jarvis how the economic crisis is driving local authority change Read more...
1 September 2012 - Walking alone
Liverpool’s new mayor has a mission to return the city to its glory days and sort out some ‘crap’ PFI deals. Colin Leopold talks to former Labour councillor and seaman, Joe Anderson Read more...
13 July 2012 - Back in the Groove
Assured Guaranty is taking its first tentative steps back into the PFI pool. soon the monoline will be making big waves, European head Dominic Nathan tells Paul Jarvis Read more...
1 June 2012 - Power to the People
For the second year running, PFI newcomer SGP has scooped ‘Best FM company’ at the Partnerships Awards. Managing director Kevin Elliot tells Amanda Nicholls what they are doing differently Read more...
Viridor’s Colin Drummond talks to Paul Jarvis about the future of waste, and going undercover for the cameras Read more...
2 April 2012 - Talking Rubbish
Tim Judson tells Paul Jarvis about procuring North London’s massive waste deal Read more...
1 March 2012 - After the Shipwreck
Giles Frost tells Paul Jarvis about leading Amber Infrastructure out of the ashes of Babcock and Brown Read more...
1 February 2012 - One direction
Government priorities have changed, but Balfour Beatty Capital is well positioned, David Swarbrick tells Rachel O’Rourke Read more...
3 January 2012 - ON HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE
Ruth Thompson is taking Partnerships for Schools through a period of immense change. She talks to Paul Jarvis about managing the agency’s increasingly diverse workload Read more...
3 October 2011 - REACHING OUT
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Richard Abadie recently gave evidence on PFI to MPs. It was a disappointing experience, he tells Rachel O’Rourke Read more...



