Smart technologies can make our cities work better. But to face the challenges ahead, including population growth and transport, we also need our towns and villages to become ‘smart communities’
A £500m infrastructure fund being created by two local government pension schemes could expand to form a multi- billion pound investment vehicle across the sector, a key figure in its formation has...
British MPs have raised questions about the integrity of investments made by the Private Infrastructure Development Group, an agency that receives a large amount of funding from the UK Department for...
Reforms to how the government develops infrastructure projects are needed to ensure existing plans to improve key economic links can be implemented, the Institute for Government has said.
Civil engineers have called for the creation of an independent body to identify the UK’s long-term infrastructure needs and are urging politicians to consider how such a body could be set up to avoid...
Expanded tax powers for Holyrood will increase the importance of infrastructure spending in Scotland in the wake of the independence referendum, senior figures in the Scottish Government’s project...
Some 36 priority housing projects are to receive a share of £850m to help get construction started, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced today.
The cost of funding public sector construction projects can be high, but don’t forget to refinance when the risk profile changes. It’s like leasing a Ferrari to attract girlfriends then...
