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16 May 2013
A new version of the 'Equator Principles', which establish an environmental and social risk management framework for project financiers, will cover a wider range of funding arrangements.
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14 May 2013
Only 46 of the 216 schools due for rebuilding or repair under the Government's Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) will be financed through the new 'PF2' private finance programme, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) has announced.
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29 Apr 2013
The conversion of a coal-fired power station to biomass will be the first project to be backed by a UK Guarantee, the Treasury has announced.
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14 Mar 2013
Indications that the Government is planning to turn to the capital bond markets and European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance its delayed Priority Schools Building Programme (PSBP) raises questions about the future of private financing, an expert has...
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11 Mar 2013
The amount of money that council pension funds will be free to invest in infrastructure and other partnership-backed projects will double from 1 April 2013, the Government has confirmed.
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08 Mar 2013
Vietnam has proposed expanding its public private partnership (PPP) laws to allow more sectors to benefit from this method of finance, according to local press reports.
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04 Mar 2013
The move from a planned private finance arrangement to full public funding for trains on the new Crossrail route highlights the "few choices" available for the funding of major infrastructure, an expert has said.
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25 Feb 2013
The decision by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to cancel its provisional support to three waste projects is "difficult to reconcile" with the Government's commitment to infrastructure investment, an expert has said.
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07 Feb 2013
A "complete lack of strategic oversight" of healthcare provision in the east of England will have consequences for taxpayers and the local community for "many years to come", according to MPs.
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24 Jan 2013
Construction of a new 'hub' airport for London would cost more than projected revenues under "most" scenarios, according to new research carried out on behalf of the Transport Select Committee.
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