Towards a New Golden Age of Rail?
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009You know that something interesting is happening when Michael O’Leary gets really upset about something (http://tiny.cc/4mtkj)
At education Andrew Adonis was a dangerous man with an elitist vision, thoroughly stubborn, an ability to completely side-step any meaningful exchange with the outside world and — somehow — the absolute confidence of Number 10 through the Blair years. [...]
Sustainable Communiites: Equity and Tenure
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009The recession and the credit crunch are wreaking havoc with the government’s long term policy to build more sustainable communities. Home ownership — and shared ownership — are at the centre of the policy. But as it becomes more difficult for the low paid to secure mortgages can we cast aside the nightmare of equity [...]
More PFI Woes
Monday, January 26th, 2009This blog has been writing on PFi for more than a year now. Last year I reported how brokers were finding it increasingly difficult to stack up any PFI deal worth over £30M. Well, it appears the rest of the media has caught up and this weekend there has been a flurry of activity about [...]
The Future of PFI?
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Also last week I caught up with a friend of mine who works for one of the global financial institutions. His company are advisers on PFI, they help put together programmes and deals. He was telling me that the turn down in the economy is having quite an impact on PFI. Several big players have [...]
Trains: Taking the Strain?
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008As a regular long distance traveller on the rail system I was rather relieved to have a week or so off over the Christmas period. Sadly, this week things get back to normal and tomorrow I’m back, heading north, on the West Coast line.
Living in Birmingham it’s been a little like Groundhog Day as we’ve [...]
