The recent Straight Talk interview with Sadie Morgan was one of the highlights of the two years since the launch of Infrastructure Intelligence. The sector needs more people like Sadie to stand tall, says Antony Oliver as he steps down as II editor.
The recent Straight Talk interview with Sadie Morgan was one of the highlights of the two years since the launch of Infrastructure Intelligence. The sector needs more people like Sadie to stand tall, says Antony Oliver as he steps down as II editor.
As Sir John Armitt explains in this month’s Infrastructure Intelligence, for once the two main political parties agree that an independent long term assessment of the UK’s infrastructure needs is worth having, says Antony Oliver.
The flurry of recent infrastructure investment announcements for Hinkley Point, Norther Powerhouse and HS2 will no doubt continue at next week’s Tory party conference. Yet the difficult decision over where to build the UK’s next runway still hangs heavy, says Antony Oliver
Four months into the new Tory government’s five year administration and there is a clear sense that for the infrastructure sector there is opportunity ahead, says Antony Oliver
The skills challenge may be improving but it isn’t going away. This is not a moment for firms to sit quietly at the back of the class, says Antony Oliver.
Fresh from a tech enhanced holiday, Antony Oliver highlights the need for infrastructure to wake up to the culture shift needed to embrace a technology rich future.
With the new government setting out its claim to lead a “parliament of delivery”, any loss of confidence now could be catastrophic for the industry and the economy, says Antony Oliver.
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