Publications on issues surrounding infrastructure
This report is part of our effort to explore how engineers and the wider infrastructure sector can help address the global water crisis. Water, it falls from the sky, runs in our rivers, fills our lakes, waters our crops and flows through our infrastructure, yet it is more than a […]
This report is part of our effort to more broadly communicate ‘state of the world’ issues that engineers can help address. This report includes a discussion of issues related to the value and pricing of water services, which going forward must meet a very important, delicate and critical balance, between […]
Covid is probably the greatest challenge the world currently faces. Expenditure on support mechanisms has been significant and just as infrastructure was recovering from the last financial crisis there is potential for further turmoil. The infrastructure sector, whilst being a catalyst for growth and producing positive economic effects, may have […]
Graham Pontin as the Company Director and Senior Economist at GPontin Ltd and as a Associate of WPI was asked to support the development of innovative research for a client. Where once the PC was the focus of internet activity, with low portability and slow access speeds, this is no […]
Graham Pontin as the Company Director and Senior Economist at GPontin Ltd and as a Associate of WPI was asked to support the development of innovative research for a client. The Northern Powerhouse is at the heart of the Government’s ambitions to create a lower welfare, lower tax and higher […]
It is estimated that the UK Government procures £230bn of products and services per year, with items varying from simple purchases like stationary through to complex investment decisions such as construction. The construction sector has long voiced its opinion about how efficiencies could be gained through procurement reform. Despite much research and many […]
Tariff costs, tariff types, and switching levels Tariff rises continue to be of concern with the average dual fuel household bill rising from £1,057 in 2011 to £1,232 in 2012. These rises have been against a backdrop of low wage rate growth, employment uncertainty, and a general lack in consumer […]
This paper is the final paper in ACE’s infrastructure investment series and explores in more detail the rational and practicalities of establishing a State Investment Bank. Key areas explored in the paper: A State Investment Bank could play an important role in long term economic policy A State Investment Bank would […]
This paper is the fifth in ACE’s infrastructure investment series and explores in more detail the current market conditions, challenges and rationale behind the Green Investment Bank. It concludes that whilst the Green Investment Bank is a step in the right direction, there are some issues which if left unchecked, […]
This paper is the fourth in ACE’s infrastructure investment series and explores in more detail the current conditions within the market, and the implications they have on pension funds’ investment potential into infrastructure. Key findings include: The scale of the global pensions fund market holds great potential for investment Government role is […]