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 […]
Whilst the 2014 Budget was unlikely to be one of significant spending given the fiscal constraints that continue to challenge government, it did provide a backdrop of significant innovation in several policy areas which has not been seen for a number of years. The most significant of these innovations was […]
This report takes a macroeconomic approach to explore the potential inefficiency and loss of economic productivity as a result of the current condition of the road network. This report considers a number of inefficiencies as part of this loss, with a total annual inefficiency of £12.2bn across England’s entire road […]
This paper is the second in ACE’s housing paper series and explores in detail the challenging conditions within the UK housing market. Following the discovery of a £185bn housing gap and the disconnect between supply and demand in the housing market. This paper suggests an innovative model that attempts to […]
This paper is the first in ACE’s housing paper series and explores in detail the conditions within the UK housing market. It finds that there is a serious housing gap (where the number of households formed outstrips houses built) looming in the UK. The paper argues that unless the growing disconnect between […]
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 […]
This paper is the third in ACE’s infrastructure investment series and explores in more detail improvement that could be made to the procurement within Public and Private Finance Models (PPFM). Issues explored in this paper include the concept of flexibility, transparency and the use of a centralised resource to improve procurement efficiency and reactiveness, […]
This paper is the second in ACE’s infrastructure investment series and explores in more detail the rationale, performance and market conditions that surround Public and Private Finance Models (PPFM). This paper explores a number of flexible models that should help to improve public and private sector performance. Whilst, encouraging the […]