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National Audit Office Auditor General Keynote: A review and recommendations - Part 5
In this final post on the key topics outlined in the last National Audit Office Keynote, we will talk about our views on how organisations can reduce fraud and error by looking to adopt new technologies in an Agile way.
National Audit Office Auditor General Keynote: A review and recommendations - Part 4
In the previous blog post (part 3) in our series we focused on public procurement being much more than just buying.
Partnering through the commercial lifecycle
Most of us, without much thought, can name at least one contract that has made the headlines for the wrong reasons. Often these are contracts for infrastructure where there is scale and complexity; transport, health, defence, information and communication technology and digital goods and services.
Behind the headlines: PFI & schools (Part 3)
In the third and last of our series of blogs tackling some of the key questions we have seen in the media around PFI and schools, we are looking at the questions that have been raised about flexibility, maintenance costs and poor quality service.
Behind the headlines: PFI & schools (Part 2)
In the second of our series of blogs tackling some of the key questions we have seen in the media around PFI and schools, we are looking at accusations that contract providers are failing to deliver the services that are required by schools.
Behind the headlines: PFI & schools (Part 1)
The recent media coverage of schools and maintenance services provided by private providers shows how the oversimplification of the issues around PFI and PFI contracts continues to lead to misunderstanding. Something that has plagued the industry for a number of years. We thought it would be useful to pick five of the key questions that have come out of these conversations and cut through the jargon to look behind the headlines.
National Audit Office Auditor General Keynote: A review and recommendations - Part 3
In our third blog focusing on the ways in which productivity improvements could release much needed funds for government priorities, as outlined by the Comptroller and Auditor General of the UK National Audit Office (NAO), Gareth Davies, in his annual keynote speech to Parliament in January, we tackle procurement and consider if they could be even more ambitious.
National Audit Office Auditor General Keynote: A review and recommendations - Part 2
In this blog series we are exploring the five key areas of ‘financial opportunity’ laid out in the January keynote to Parliament from the Comptroller and Auditor General of the UK National Audit Office (NAO), Gareth Davies (the full transcript can be seen here.)
National Audit Office Auditor General Keynote: A review and recommendations - Part 1
In January the Comptroller and Auditor General of the UK National Audit Office (NAO), Gareth Davies, gave his annual keynote speech to Parliament. This year the speech was titled ‘Improving Productivity Could Release Tens of Billions for Government Priorities’.
Formation of The Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships
Several major international infrastructure investors who have invested in UK infrastructure assets under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model have formed The Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships (AIIP). The members include InfraRed Capital Partners Limited, Dalmore Capital Limited, Equitix Investment Management Limited and Semperian PPP Investment Partners Group Limited.