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  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    ReviewEconomics books
    British Rail: A New History — a timely reminder of how to run a railway

    Christian Wolmar’s examination of nationalisation reveals that in the 1980s and 1990s the system was making progress

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    UK Broadband
    UK ‘altnets’ risk digging themselves into a hole

    Overbuilding poses threat to business model of fibre broadband groups challenging the big incumbents

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Christian Wolmar
    No one is in charge of Britain’s chaotic railways

    Since the privatisation and break-up of British Rail, train transport has proved itself ill-suited to conventional capitalism

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    UK Infrastructure Bank
    UK Infrastructure Bank pledges to make direct equity investments

    Chief executive defends using third-party managers while group builds its own expertise

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail bosses push for job cuts as strike talks resume

    Echoes of lockdown as employees work from home but business leaders warn of painful economic impact

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    OutlookJennifer Williams
    Britain’s northern rail project is running out of steam

    Promised investments in high-speed links to Manchester and Leeds are being eroded in favour of spending in the south

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Anglian Water Group Ltd
    Anglian Water pays £92mn dividend to owners as customer bills rise

    Supplier says payout is ‘below the level expected by our regulator’

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Broadband market inequalities test Westminster’s hopes of levelling up

    Disparity in access to fast internet sets back rural and poorer areas, data analysis shows

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    InterviewUK Broadband
    BT executive says Brexit is slowing superfast broadband rollout

    Openreach head hits out at ‘tortuous’ process of hiring skilled workers from the EU

  • Saturday, 4 June, 2022
    Insurance
    Aviva explores using shareholder money to fund infrastructure projects

    Insurance group wants to back early-stage investments with a social purpose

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    UK Broadband
    CityFibre secures £4.9bn debt raise to roll out broadband to 8mn UK homes

    Financing will enable Goldman-backed ‘altnet’ to participate in government scheme to reach rural areas

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    How Covid wrecked UK railway finances and sparked strike threat

    Move to hybrid working contributes to £2bn funding gap but ministers claim there is ‘enormous scope’ for cuts

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail workers vote in favour of nationwide strike

    RMT union action over jobs and pay backed by 89% of members who voted

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    UK energy
    UK must ‘come clean’ on cost of nuclear to consumers, says infrastructure chief

    John Armitt urges transparency from government on energy bills impact

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    HS2 protests set to cost high-speed UK rail line up to £200mn

    Project heads to seek injunctions to control demos along entire length of route, MPs told

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    UK energy
    Renewables projects face 10-year wait to connect to electricity grid

    UK’s net zero targets at risk due to delays caused by poor planning and investment in infrastructure

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Edwin Heathcote
    The Elizabeth Line is much more than a feat of engineering

    The latest addition to the London Underground is restrained and austere, with touches that echo older glories

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    Financial Reporting Council
    Head of UK audit regulator in frame to chair HS2

    Sir Jon Thompson’s departure would create fresh upheaval at audit watchdog say executives

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Lex
    UK infrastructure: shaky foundations need to be fixed first Premium content

    Public projects tick several boxes in the UK but whether or not they are good for the nation’s purse is a different matter

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Balfour Beatty PLC
    Balfour Beatty chief predicts decade of UK ‘infrastructure growth’

    Leo Quinn says transport, defence and energy projects are set to benefit from potential government-funded boom

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Water Services Regulation Authority UK
    Ofwat appoints new chief with pledge to improve sector’s poor performance

    Current interim CEO David Black will take on permanent role

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    UK business & economy
    Dover traffic chaos damaging UK’s reputation, hauliers warn

    Industry says EU drivers reluctant to cross Channel and urges building of transport facilities to improve conditions

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Telecoms
    Australian pension fund and Singtel buy mobile tower group for $2.7bn

    Acquisition of Axicom from investment bank Macquarie follows funds buying up infrastructure assets

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    Australian groups pledge to invest £28.5bn in UK over next decade

    Combination of new and old commitments made at meeting with Boris Johnson in Downing Street

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Sebastian Payne
    London shouldn’t be levelled down as the UK is levelled up

    The capital’s new railway highlights woes elsewhere and is a provocation to some

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