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Wembley Stadium reports successful year of concerts in 2019

Wembley Stadium in London has seen a record concert season in 2019 after hosting more concerts than ever before.

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A record £128M has been invested back into every level of football

The FA has invested a record £128m invested back into every level of football.

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Wembley concerts boost record FA revenue

Wembley Stadium operator the FA recorded a best-ever £370m turnover in 2015–16, driven in part by a busier live events calendar.

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Wembley Stadium Local Community

This official website of the Wembley Stadium introduces the consideration on local community during the implementation of the stadium project.

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Delivering UK Energy Investment: Networks

Delivering UK Energy Investment: Networks 2015 provides an in-depth focus into the investment undertaken in networks, the challenges and opportunities on offer and a vision for what future integrated…

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Integrating renewable energy into new developments

This Toolkit aims to support planners, developers, consultants and other interested parties with planning policies in London which require renewable energy in new developments or major refurbishments…

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House of Commons : Private Finance 2 Tenth Report of Session 2013–14

House of Commons Treasury Committee Private Finance 2 Tenth Report of Session 2013–14 Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes, and oral evidence 

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Report on Private Investment in Public Infrastructure

The Public Accounts and Estimate Committee in the Parliament of Victoria, Australia reviewed Partnerships Victoria, the PPP program, in the context of governance, risk allocation, accountability,…

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Contracting out Public Services to the Private Sector

Contracting out public services to the private sector, Forty-seventh Report of Session 2013–14, House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts.  This report brings together evidence…

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The Operational Performance of PFI Prisons

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL HC 700 Session 2002-2003: 18 June 2003

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Green Book Supplementary Guidance: Optimism Bias

Supplementary guidance to the Green Book on estimates for a project's costs, benefits and duration in the absence of robust primary evidence.

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Operational Taskforce Notes

The Government has created an Operational Taskforce, acting on behalf of HM Treasury, based in Infrastructure UK. The Taskforce has a helpdesk to provide free expert advice and support to public…

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Adapting to Climate Change: Helping Key Sectors to Adapt to Climate Change

Government Report for the Adaptation Reporting Power Author: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)103 organisations, primarily from the energy, transport and water sectors, have…

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The Green Book: Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government

The United Kingdom Government's Green Book on project assessment acknowledges this as a systematic problem and highlights the need to correct for optimism bias in project analysis.

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Financing PFI Projects in the Credit Crisis and the Treasury’s Response, Ninth Report of Session 2010-11

The Treasury of the United Kingdom outlines its response to the financial crisis, which included establishing an Infrastructure Finance Unit to provide lending at commercial terms to projects unable…

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Government Response to Report on Private Finance Projects and Off-Balance Sheet Debt

Sets out HM Treasury’s response to the Select Committee’s report, providing further detail and commentary on the practices and results of PFI in the United Kingdom.

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Benchmarking and Market Testing in NHS PFI projects: Code of Best Practice

This Code of Best Practice provides guidance and advice on good practice to NHS Trusts, Project Companies and Service Providers about to embark on benchmarking and market testing in a PFI scheme, and…

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Briefing Note 1: Payment Mechanisms in Operational PPP Projects

Describes experience with defining and implementing government-pays payment mechanisms in PPPs.

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Output Specification – Building our Future: Scotland’s School Estate

Sets out model output specifications for schools PPP projects as well as some guidance on key issues in defining output-based specifications.  

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National Audit Office website

The National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK’s independent public spending watchdog. NAO support Parliament in holding government to account and we help improve public services through our high-…

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Lessons from PFI and other projects

An extensive review of the PFI program and other large infrastructure projects by the National Audit Office to evaluate value-for-money of the program and the performance of government units.

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Review of the VFM Assessment Process for PFI: Briefing for the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee

Review of the VFM assessment process for PFI, prepared in response to the Treasury Committee’s request that the National Audit Office examine the value for money (VFM) assessment process and…

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Performance of PFI Construction 2009

NAO. 2009b. Performance of PFI Construction. London: National Audit Office. [#2218]