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20 November 2008 - Councils told to swot up on EU PPP law
Changes to EU procurement law means that local authorities must quickly get up to speed with new rules or end up in court.
19 November 2008 - Secondary PFI market still safe bet
HSBC Infrastructure Company Limited (HICL) pledged its commitment to the secondary PFI/PPP market despite a £5m drop in profits.
18 November 2008 - Asia's poorest get help with PPP pipeline
An international partnership has been set up to encourage the development of PPP in developing countries.
17 November 2008 - Business as usual for PFI fire sector
London’s fire and rescue services authority has launched multimillion-pound PFI following a government announcement committing £130m of funding to the industry last week.
14 November 2008 - London's waste to get PFI treatment
London looks set to get two waste PFI programmes following the second bid for credits from the city.
13 November 2008 - British Columbia raises PPP threshold
British Columbia has increased the threshold for any provincially-funded capital project to be considered as a PPP.
13 November 2008 - Tube PPP reaches stalemate
Tube Lines' chief executive has criticised the way that its contractual disagreements with PPP partner London Underground (LU) have been played out in public.
12 November 2008 - Primary schools revamp approved
The government has pledged up to £2bn for a huge overhaul of the UK’s primary schools.
11 November 2008 - PFI market slows as crunch worsens
The government’s project delivery agency has confirmed that delays to PFI/PPP projects are inevitable because of the increasing severity of the credit crunch.
10 November 2008 - US state considers P3
America’s fledgling P3 market has been given a huge boost following news that another state is considering using the model to close its billion dollar funding gap.
7 November 2008 - Council forced to abandon BSF bid
A local authority has been forced to pull out of the government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) due to the costly bidding procedure.
6 November 2008 - US puts PPP back on the agenda
Two of America’s most outspoken critics of PPP have urged the outgoing administration to quickly rethink its "rush to embrace" the model.
5 November 2008 - Full steam ahead for BSF
The government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is picking up momentum as another authority is given the green light to join the scheme.
4 November 2008 - Middle East turns to PPP
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region could produce a PPP pipeline of worth more than $100bn (USD) over the next five years, says a new report.
4 November 2008 - Quebec launches long awaited interchange P3
A million dollar PPP has been launched in Quebec boosting the region’s growing pipeline.
3 November 2008 - 3i avoids worst of crunch
Public investment company 3I Infrastructure revealed a large rise in profits in its half year results this morning.
3 November 2008 - Industry stumped by refinancing rule
New rules giving a larger share of windfall gains on PFI projects to the public sector have been met with anger from the private sector today.
31 October 2008 - Workplace PFI suspended
The future of Northern Ireland’s flagship Workplace 2010 PFI is under threat as a merger between its shortlisted bidders becomes more likely.
30 October 2008 - MoD taken to task
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been lambasted after a new report revealed it took up to four years to procure PFI projects.
30 October 2008 - New design rules for waste PPPs
The government has released new guidelines giving advice to local authorities planning waste management facilities.
