PPPLRC 2019-2020 Report

While the team was focusing on the site upgrade, the site had one of its best years yet in terms of performance.  From July 1, 2019  to June 30, 2020, PPPLRC generated 1,535,682 views (↑9.6 % from the previous reporting period) over 750,150 unique visitors (↑25.7 % from the previous reporting period).

Using government guarantees carefully as the private sector redefines bankability


The COVID-19 pandemic has placed risk allocation of public-private-partnerships (PPPs) under a stress test: risks that seemed reasonable for the private sector to take mere months ago may no longer be acceptable today. As PPP projects suffer from supply chain disruptions and lower demand, the private sector will start to redefine bankability and seek to transfer more risks to the government. To that end, there is likely increased demand for government guarantees.

Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019

The Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 sets targets to reduce Scotland’s emissions of all greenhouse gases to net-zero by 2045, with interim targets for reductions of at least 56% by 2020, 75% by 2030, and 90% by 2040. Furthermore, this Act also requires Scottish Ministers to, when publishing an infrastructure investment plan, publish an assessment of the extent to which investment in accordance with the plan is expected to contribute to the meeting of the emissions reduction targets.