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Archive for December, 2011

Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 21 December 2011

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

PLC Public Sector reports: 

Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reviewing our latest list of recommended actions. (more…)

Reflecting on 2011 and what it has meant for PLC Public Sector

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

As 2012 and a new year is almost upon us, it is a good time to reflect on 2011 for PLC Public Sector and its subscribers. In this post we take a look at our most popular content of the year and the new content we have published.

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Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 14 December 2011

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

PLC Public Sector reports: 

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New models for PPP? The prospects for the PFI review

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Nick Maltby, Head of Projects (Commercial), Bircham Dyson Bell:

It seems we are all (still) looking for new models for PPP.  HM Treasury in “Infrastructure Procurement: delivering long term value” (March 2008) stated that it wished to encourage a dialogue around alternative models.  Before the General Election in 2010 the Conservatives stated repeatedly that “Labour’s PFI model is flawed and must be replaced,” (George Osborne, Observer, November 2009).

After what seems to have been an interminable wait we finally (1 December 2011) have HM Treasury’s “Reform of the Private Finance Initiative, which sets out 44 questions as part of a consultation on what the new model should look like.  

In this post, I look at what the government is seeking to do and what models exist that may enable it to achieve its goals.

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Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 7 December 2011

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

PLC Public Sector reports: 

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Is time for solar PV running out?

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

 Jackie Gray, Director, Dickinson Dees LLP:

Assuming the government pushes through its proposed cut to the Feed in Tariff (FIT) rates for solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, we are now only a matter of days away from the 12 December deadline for installing solar PV before the rate drops from 43.3p/kWh to 21p/kWh for the average domestic PV installation. As a result, and together with other changes proposed to the FIT scheme from April 2012, many public sector organisations are currently re-assessing the future viability of solar PV as part of their energy efficiency plans.

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Recommended actions for e-mail for week ending 30 November 2011

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

PLC Public Sector reports: 

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