Features

1 July 2008 - WASTING TIME

EU landfill targets may have seemed a long way off when first introduced in 1995. But deadlines are looming and there's a last minute scrabble to get alternate facilities up and running. Amanda Nicholls reports.

1 July 2008 - GENERATION GAME

PPP is an industry that rarely stands still and last month's Next Generation PPPs conference presented some if the new opportunities in the market. Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi reports.

1 July 2008 - LOCAL AUTHORITIES UNDER PRESSURE

Authorities will be under increasing pressure to drive efficiencies as the election approaches. But some innovative new PPPs are emerging to help ease the load. Amanda Nicholls reports

23 June 2008 - BRITAIN'S ENGINE ROOM

Thames Valley region is the biggest contributor to the nation's finances after the capital itself. Colin Chapman reports on the latest efforts to fix the infrastructure through PPPs.

23 June 2008 - CENTRE'S STAGE

John Tizard describes how the new centre for public service partnerships at the university of Birmingham will challenge PPP orthodoxy.

11 June 2008 - SERVICE AREAS

Margie Jaffe, PFI policy officer at Unison, argues that PFI is not a vehicle that should deliver public services.

6 June 2008 - TRUSTING THE FUNDS

Much has been reported about the rise of the infrastructure funds but PPP is not managing to lure investors away from the big-ticket deals. Amanda Nicholls reports.

6 June 2008 - PROPERTY PEOPLE

Tom Brichieri-Colombi, senior manager at Mazars, looks at how regeneration financial models are combining the new with the traditional.

6 June 2008 - HAS UK PFI LOST ITS SHINE?

Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi looks at what opportunities still exist for the private sector in this ever maturing market.

28 May 2008 - STEP IN TIME

Tomas Gardfords, partner at Norton Rose, discusses the Swedish government's next steps in pushing forward its PPP programme.

28 May 2008 - CAUGHT IN THE ACT

Martin Kellaway, from the Office for National Statistics, who recently gave evidence to the Treasury Committee on IRFS, dispells the myth about public sector debt.

14 May 2008 - ISLAMIC PRECEDENT

Karim Nassif, an analyst at Standard & Poor's Infrastructure Finance Ratings discusses the opportunities and challenges that Sharia presents to the PPP sector.

14 May 2008 - DREAM WEAVER

Geoff Lawton, director of TGLC and former head of Community Services at Portsmouth council, talks about the Mountbatten Centre Redevelopment's evolution.