Category: Infra

Thank you, Madam Chair. During the last Permanent Council, the United Kingdom condemned Russia’s aerial attacks across Ukraine, and since then these attacks have continued to intensify, including last night. Energy infrastructure has been targeted and extensively damaged, leaving millions of civilians without power and water. The widespread impact of these attacks could last for...

Thank you, Madam Chair. During the last Permanent Council, the United Kingdom condemned Russia’s aerial attacks across Ukraine, and since then these attacks have continued to intensify, including last night. Energy infrastructure has been targeted and extensively damaged, leaving millions of civilians without power and water. The widespread impact of these attacks could last for...

Essar signs $2.4bn (₹19,000 crore) sale pact with AM/NS for infra assets Mauritius/Mumbai, August 26, 2022: In one of the largest post-pandemic M&A deals in India, Essar today announced signing definitive agreements with Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel (AM/NS) for certain Ports and Power infrastructure assets which are primarily captive to Hazira steel plant operations. The deal...

UK and Ukraine sign new arrangement on defence and industrial cooperation. Signing came during UK’s largest ever trade mission to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion, with 29 UK defence businesses in Kyiv to meet Ukrainian businesses. Trade Minister Greg Hands also in Kyiv to sign the arrangement, co-chair Infrastructure Taskforce and attend trade mission. The...

Today (9 April), Australia, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, jointly announced the establishment of the Blue Dot Network at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). The Blue Dot Network is an initiative to certify infrastructure projects that meet or exceed established standards of quality and sustainability.    The Secretariat will...

Network Rail has completed the 150 million GBP Hope Valley Railway Upgrade project, which is expected to enhance journeys between Manchester and Sheffield. To celebrate this achievement, Rail Minister Huw Merriman visited Dore & Totley station in Sheffield on Monday 8 April, where a new and fully accessible platform has now opened. First train at...

Network Rail has presented a review of its sixth five-year funding period, Control Period 6 (CP6), which started on 1 April 2019 and is set to end on 31 March 2024. During this time, Network Rail has worked to deliver major rail upgrades across Great Britain to improve the railway for its passengers and freight...

Every five years the Commission publishes a National Infrastructure Assessment which analyses the UK’s long term economic infrastructure needs, and presents a strategic vision over the next thirty years and setting out recommendations for how identified needs should be met. The Second National Infrastructure Assessment is our second such report. Published on 18 October 2023...

SWARCO Smart Charging has established a new electric bus charging hub at the Sheffield Interchange to power South Yorkshire’s first electric buses. The EV charging infrastructure has been installed on behalf of the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA), which secured funding from the UK government’s Zero-Emission Regional Bus Areas (ZEBRA) scheme. It will be...