Features
6 May 2008 - WAITING TIMES
Darzi’s impending healthcare review is likely to have countrywide implications for healthcare delivery. So are we finally going to see some life in the market? Amanda Nicholls reports
6 May 2008 - CAN PFI BE SUSTAINABLE?
PFI may have had a reputation for cost cutting in the past but now the private sector is driving some
innovative ‘green’ practices off its own back. Rodrigo Amaral reports
6 May 2008 - OFT FINDS BID RIGGING RIFE IN PFI PROJECTS
The public sector’s trust has been knocked with accusations that the big PFI players have been
cover pricing. Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi reports
23 April 2008 - BALANCING ACT
William Streeter from Fitch Ratings gives the project finance industry some well-needed good news.
23 April 2008 - COMPETITIVE NATURE
Alison Davies, associate at Mills & Reeves, looks at how the competitive dialogue process is working on the ground.
16 April 2008 - TRANSITION PERIOD
Mark Williams from Deloitte explains what the public sector's adoption of IFRS will mean to PFI
16 April 2008 - NEW HORIZONS
Jyoti Shukla, programme manager of the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Unit, highlights how the PPP investment climate has shifted.
9 April 2008 - GLASGOW HOSPITAL TURNS ITS BACK ON PFI MODEL
Does the announcement that the Greater Glasgow health board is pursuing public funding ring then final death knell for hospital PFIs in Scotland? Don Smith reports.
9 April 2008 - HEALTH PPP IN PORTUGAL COMING BACK TO LIFE
Will the recent closure of Portugal’s first PPP hospital open the floodgates for future healthcare partnerships? Rodrigo Amaral reports.
8 April 2008 - CALIFORNIA DREAMING?
Where will the Schwarzenegger turn to address the $500bn investment deficit, asks Paul Meyer from CELSOC.
7 April 2008 - PERFECT FIT
Alistair Darling’s first Budget heralded a new dawn of PPPs, with more flexible models and international accounting standards. So is PFI being slowly elbowed out, asks Amanda Nicholls.
5 March 2008 - FEELING THE SQUEEZE
International deals are on the up, but can the global market sustain the PPP industry while the credit crunch continues? Paul Gosling reports
5 March 2008 - CHANGES ARE AFOOT
Hailed as a “gleaming” example of best practice PFI, the MoD’s main building project is about to face its toughest challenge yet.
5 March 2008 - GROWING CONCERN
Investment in infrastructure is expected to grow as governments look to private sector for capital, says James Neal from Ernst & Young
5 March 2008 - NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Steve Nicholson, director of the Mersey Gateway project, describes how the PFI is shaping up to be more than just a bridge.
5 March 2008 - PUSHING THE BOAT OUT
Iain MacDonald and Victoria Whitehead from Lloyds TSB Coporate Markets describe how the complex FPMS deal tested the financiers.
5 March 2008 - IN FOR THE LONG HAUL
Chris Fountain from GSL describes why having the service delivery company as equity investor can focus a project’s long term delivery.
31 January 2008 - WATER WORKS
The era of 'mega' water contracts in developing countries may be over, but there are still enough deals to quench the private sector's thirst
Source: PPP Bulletin February 2008
31 January 2008 - INDIA'S MAGIC WAND
Despite early promise, India’s PPP market has yet to make real progress on the ground, says Nanda
Kumar from Fitch Ratings
Source: PPP Bulletin February 2008
31 January 2008 - RISKING IT ALL
Using causal mapping to capture risks and relate these to the project objectives can save your shirt, says Davis Langdon’s Richard Newey and Adam Trigg
