MoD extends £3.5 billion battlefield satellite communications deal – ComputerworldUK

MoD extends £3.5 billion battlefield satellite communications dealComputerworldUKInstead, it is a Private Finance Initiative, between the MoD and EADS subsidiary Paradigm, which provides the communications services. …and more »

Shanks takeover talks collapse – The Press Association

Daily MailShanks takeover talks collapseThe Press AssociationMilton Keynes-based Shanks, which employs 4500 staff, has three key areas of work – recycling, converting waste into energy and Private Finance Initiative …Shanks walks away from talks with…

Isle of Wight gets funds for road civil engineering jobs – news.careerstructure.com

Isle of Wight gets funds for road civil engineering jobsnews.careerstructure.comThe government has announced £364.6 million of private finance initiative funding for enhancements to the island's road network over the next 25 years, …

Gove: Private sector role in new schools “a good thing” – EducationInvestor

The GuardianGove: Private sector role in new schools "a good thing"EducationInvestorGove also used the FT interview to soften the party's objections to the private finance initiative. Schools could still be built using PFI, he said, …To…

What is happening in The Meadows? – My Nottingham

My NottinghamWhat is happening in The Meadows?My NottinghamThe £200m PFI (Private Finance Initiative) will be used to revamp the council housing in the New Meadows including; replacing some flats, maisonettes and Q …

Kier Group Plc – New Report Published – OfficialWire (press release)

Kier Group Plc – New Report PublishedOfficialWire (press release)… and civil engineering, support services, public and private house building, property development and investment in the private finance initiative (PFI). …and more »

Programme Manager (PFI) – Regen.net

Programme Manager (PFI)Regen.netThe Council has recently been successful in securing Private Finance Initiative (PFI) funding of £160m, subject to approval of the Outline Business Case. …

The NHS: the cradle-to-grave service faces its toughest test yet – Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.ukThe NHS: the cradle-to-grave service faces its toughest test yetTelegraph.co.ukThis is not the fault of the much maligned Private Finance Initiative (which has actually resulted in a much better use of taxpayers' funds). …and more&…

Street lights set to be replaced – BBC News

BBC NewsStreet lights set to be replacedBBC NewsThe deal is part of a 25-year Private Finance Initiative the council has agreed with Tay Valley Lighting along with other authorities in the region.

Tories back private sector role in schools – Peninsula On-line

Tories back private sector role in schoolsPeninsula On-lineYet Gove admits that, in future, schools may still be built under the private finance initiative, even though he is “not a huge fan of the PFI system”. …and more »