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Second Scottish Hub project launch next week

The Scottish Futures Trust plans to release a tender for the second of Scotland’s Hub projects next week.

The latest Hub, a new Lift-style scheme for health centres and other community projects, will cover schemes throughout the north of Scotland. It follows a Hub launched earlier this year for projects in the south east of Scotland.

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Latest News

Tories attack school-building 'waste'

17 November 2009
Partnerships for Schools has "lavished" millions of pounds on consultants but built only a handful of schools, the Conservatives have said.

Lift investment drops

16 November 2009
The number of health centres built through NHS Lift has halved in the last two years, new figures show.

Building Schools winners announced

16 November 2009
A Leicester school has scooped the top prize at the annual Building Schools for the Future (BSF) awards.

Tories vow to scrap PFI

16 November 2009
The Conservatives plan to replace PFI if they win a general election next year because they believe the model has become “totally discredited”.

Hospital PFI programme drops to four

13 November 2009
The government’s hospital PFI programme has dwindled to four projects, with just two of these likely to get approval before the end of next year.

SFT five-year plan imminent

12 November 2009
The organisation set up to replace PFI in Scotland looks set to release a plan of action for the next five years before the end of next week.

Project Tracker

OLDHAM HOUSING PFI

19 November 2009
Preferred partner confirmed for the delivery of housing on several 'gateway' estates in Oldham.

PRISONS MANAGEMENT

19 November 2009
The Ministry of Justice has announced competitions for the management of five prisons.

HOUNSLOW HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE PFI

17 November 2009
Hounslow is inviting potential bidders to a Bidder Day.

SOUTH WEST DEVON WASTE PARTNERSHIP

17 November 2009
The list of bidders still in the running for the deal has been revealed.

Features

GOLD RUSH

11 November 2009
The quest for a secure, long-term source of finance for deals remains one of the partnerships industry’s biggest concerns. But the race to get pension funds back into the market remains slow and painful.
By Max Rashbrooke.

WHAT'S SO GREAT INTEGRATORS?

11 November 2009
It’s increasingly fashionable to talk about new models for partnerships projects. But some past experiences hold a powerful warning for would-be innovators.
Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi reports.

Interviews

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PRESSED INTERSERVICE

3 November 2009
Adrian Ringrose, the new head of the CBI’s public service reform drive, insists he’s not out to lobby for PFI. But he does want to see the private sector “extend and deepen” its role. He talks to Max Rashbrooke.

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