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Partner Announced To Deliver £200m Public Sector Infrastructure Programme For West Scotland
£200m of infrastructure projects to be delivered through ‘hub’ over next 10 years The West Territory hub Programme Board and the Scottish Futures Trust have announced the appointment of WellSpring Partnership Limited (“WellSpring Partnership”), comprising Community Solutions Investment Partners Ltd, Morgan Sindall Group plc and Apollo Capital Projects Ltd as the partner to deliver over £200m of public sector infrastructure projects for West Scotland’s 17 hub partners*.
Shortlist announced for South West hub
The start of construction of circa £500m of public sector infrastructure projects in the South West of Scotland moved a step closer after the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) announced the shortlist of three bidders who will now go through to the final stages of the tendering process.
£100 million affordable housing scheme extended
Phase 2 Of NHT Launched The house-building industry in Scotland is set to receive a further boost with the announcement that the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT), Scottish Government and participating local authorities have published the official procurement notice for Phase 2 of the National Housing Trust (NHT) initiative.
Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre Gets The Green Light
Work got underway on 14 November 2011 at the latest hub South East project when Nicola Sturgeon, MSP and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing carried out the groundbreaking at the state-of-the-art Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre.
Work starts on Scotland’s first ‘hub’ school
Scotland’s hub initiative, delivered by the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has reached a key milestone with construction of the first school in the scheme getting underway.
Development Partner Appointed To Deliver £½bn Public Sector Infrastructure Programme For East Central Scotland
- £½bn of infrastructure projects to be delivered through ‘hub’ over next 10 years - - Massive investment acts as catalyst to help secure hundreds of construction jobs - The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) through its innovative ‘hub’ programme has today (2 November 2011) announced that the Amber Blue consortium, comprising of Robertson Group (Holdings) Ltd, Amber Infrastructure and FES, has been selected to deliver over £½bn of public sector infrastructure projects for the East Central Scotland partners*.
NHT Phase 2 Launched
View video coverage of the launch of NHT Phase 2
SFT Conference Presentation 4 October 2011
The presentation slides from the SFT Conference which took place on 4 October 2011 can be viewed here:
South West Bidders Day 20 September
Following on from the Bidders Day event at Ayr Racecourse on Tuesday 20 September, the presentaion can be viewed here:
Public Purse To Benefit From £500 Million Savings Over Next Five Years Through Effective Asset Management
The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) has today (Monday 19 September 2011) published a series of robust proposals to improve asset management within the Scottish Government and Local Civil Estates, which, when implemented, would deliver tangible savings in excess of £500 million over the next five years.
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