Features
29 July 2008 - SHOWING PATIENCE
Duncan Butler, associate director at Guildhouse UK, evaluates whether patients really want one-stop health centres.
29 July 2008 - ITALIAN STYLE
Gabrielle Pasquini, executive manager of the PPP Task Force (UTFP) gives an update on PPP legislation in Italy.
9 July 2008 - SOUTH AFRICA ASKS PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS
South Africa is looking to PPP to help deliver a $250m extension to its parliament. It has turned to
the UK to find out whether this is a sensible move. Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi reports.
9 July 2008 - COMPETITIVE EDGE
Amardeep Gill, solicitor from Trowers & Hamlins, assesses whether the recent BSF review will succeed in streamlining competitive dialogue.
9 July 2008 - FRENCH FARE
Scott Wilson's Alan Brookes describes how environmental pressures in France have forced a shift from road to rail and the need to adopt a more mature PPP structure.
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.
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 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' practises off its own back. Rodrigo Amaral reports
