The future of project finance
CGI of proposed Old Oak Common HS2 station and interchange The head of the government's project finance profession, Matthew Vickerstaff (who is Deputy CEO at the Infrastructure & Projects Authority) joined a panel discussion at our 'Infrastructure 2020' event at Herbert Smith Freehills in the City of London. Speaking on the morning of the HS2 project commitment announcement, Matthew spoke about how project delivery needs to improve. He said: 'Is it right we are given a hard t
New approaches to change programmes
Headlines during the Covid-19 outbreak have included 'the week the world changed' and many articles on safe-guarding mental health. Can the current pandemic and how people react to change, have any relation to issues in the workplace with regard to improving employees' understanding of change programmes? In the workplace, whether change is viewed from a crisis perspective or as an opportunity, depends on the individual but also on an organisation's communication. Change progr
Models for Public-Private partnerships
Indicative CGI of proposed public realm around Purfleet-on-Thames (AHMM Architects) What investment lessons can be learned around new models of public-private partnerships in today's development projects? Chair of developer, Urban Catalyst, Ken Dytor, spoke about this during our online discussion forum around public-private partnerships, and in particular Purfleet-on-Thames. Urban Catalyst is a mixed-use real estate development firm, established in 1998 with a strong history