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.
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.
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
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.
John Tizard describes how the new centre for public service partnerships at the university of Birmingham will challenge PPP orthodoxy.
Margie Jaffe, PFI policy officer at Unison, argues that PFI is not a vehicle that should deliver public services.
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.
Tom Brichieri-Colombi, senior manager at Mazars, looks at how regeneration financial models are combining the new with the traditional.
Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi looks at what opportunities still exist for the private sector in this
ever maturing market.
Tomas Gardfords, partner at Norton Rose, discusses the Swedish government's next steps in pushing forward its PPP programme.
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.
Karim Nassif, an analyst at Standard & Poor's Infrastructure Finance Ratings discusses the opportunities and challenges that Sharia presents to the PPP sector.
Geoff Lawton, director of TGLC and former head of Community Services at Portsmouth council, talks about the Mountbatten Centre Redevelopment's evolution.
William Streeter from Fitch Ratings gives the project finance industry some well-needed good news.
Alison Davies, associate at Mills & Reeves, looks at how the competitive dialogue process is working on the ground.
Mark Williams from Deloitte explains what the public sector's adoption of IFRS will mean to PFI
Jyoti Shukla, programme manager of the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Unit, highlights how the PPP investment climate has shifted.