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  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    HS2 protests set to cost high-speed UK rail line up to £200mn

    Project heads to seek injunctions to control demos along entire length of route, MPs told

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    UK energy
    Renewables projects face 10-year wait to connect to electricity grid

    UK’s net zero targets at risk due to delays caused by poor planning and investment in infrastructure

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    Edwin Heathcote
    The Elizabeth Line is much more than a feat of engineering

    The latest addition to the London Underground is restrained and austere, with touches that echo older glories

  • Sunday, 1 May, 2022
    Financial Reporting Council
    Head of UK audit regulator in frame to chair HS2

    Sir Jon Thompson’s departure would create fresh upheaval at audit watchdog say executives

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Lex
    UK infrastructure: shaky foundations need to be fixed first Premium content

    Public projects tick several boxes in the UK but whether or not they are good for the nation’s purse is a different matter

  • Monday, 25 April, 2022
    Balfour Beatty PLC
    Balfour Beatty chief predicts decade of UK ‘infrastructure growth’

    Leo Quinn says transport, defence and energy projects are set to benefit from potential government-funded boom

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Water Services Regulation Authority UK
    Ofwat appoints new chief with pledge to improve sector’s poor performance

    Current interim CEO David Black will take on permanent role

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    UK business & economy
    Dover traffic chaos damaging UK’s reputation, hauliers warn

    Industry says EU drivers reluctant to cross Channel and urges building of transport facilities to improve conditions

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Telecoms
    Australian pension fund and Singtel buy mobile tower group for $2.7bn

    Acquisition of Axicom from investment bank Macquarie follows funds buying up infrastructure assets

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    Australian groups pledge to invest £28.5bn in UK over next decade

    Combination of new and old commitments made at meeting with Boris Johnson in Downing Street

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Sebastian Payne
    London shouldn’t be levelled down as the UK is levelled up

    The capital’s new railway highlights woes elsewhere and is a provocation to some

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    BP to unveil £1bn boost for UK’s electric car charging points

    Pulse superfast network to be expanded in long-awaited infrastructure strategy

  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    News in-depthUK Broadband
    ‘Altnets’ take on incumbents in fight for UK fibre broadband customers

    CityFibre’s Milton Keynes rollout highlights how challenger groups are competing with Openreach and Virgin Media O2

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    Climate change
    Macquarie’s GIG to launch offshore wind business

    Former Iberdrola and Orsted executives to run London-based Corio Generation

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    Go-Ahead Group PLC
    Go-Ahead sets aside £30mn for Southeastern rail penalty

    UK public transport group was stripped of franchise last year over ‘serious failings’

  • Monday, 21 February, 2022
    News in-depth
    Crossrail opening heralds era of uncertainty for UK public transport

    Passenger numbers on trains and buses have failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels, hitting finances

  • Saturday, 19 February, 2022
    Utilities
    South West Water: spending cuts and dismal pollution record in tourist hotspot

    Water monopoly delivered sharpest cuts to spending despite charging highest bills, FT analysis finds

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    ExplainerElectric vehicles
    Explainer: The UK’s electric vehicle charging challenge

    Government infrastructure strategy aims to unblock rollout bottlenecks

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    Virgin Media O2
    Virgin Media O2 chief warns BT had ‘better watch out’ in broadband fight

    Lutz Schüler singles out incumbent as telecoms groups race to roll out faster fibre networks

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    Brexit
    UK seeks ‘investment big bang’ with Solvency II reform

    Boris Johnson aims to prove post-Brexit regulatory changes can boost the British economy

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    Special Report
    5G and Connectivity

    Fifth-generation networks offer higher data speeds and cut delays — to give almost instantaneous response, promising new opportunities and applications for business and consumers. So why has 5G been slow to make an impression on everyday life, and what can we expect next?

  • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
    News in-depthHigh Speed Two Ltd
    HS2 rail dig opens up treasure trove of Britain’s trading past

    Project has created an archaeological trench along the 140-mile route between London and Birmingham

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Water Services Regulation Authority UK
    Shortlist drawn up for chair of water regulator in England and Wales

    Ofwat leadership contenders include former heads of spending and competition watchdogs

  • Sunday, 30 January, 2022
    UK Broadband
    Virgin Media O2 plans fibre joint venture in broadband push

    Challenger to BT wants to roll out new network covering an additional 7m homes

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    Pollution
    MPs attack regulators for turning ‘blind eye’ to sewage pollution

    Governments and water groups also criticised for accepting ‘pre-Victorian’ practices

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