Tag archive for ‘PPP’
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NAO: poor governance and leadership led to Metronet failure
A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) into the failure of collapsed Tube PPP contractor Metronet has blamed “poor corporate governance and leadership” for the firm[...]
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Tube PPP annual report published
London Underground has published its annual report into the performance of Tube PPP companies Metronet and Tube Lines.
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Upgrade works on tube stations completed ‘five months early’
Tube Lines, the London Underground contractor responsible for the maintenance and upgrade on the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines, has announced the ‘practical completion[...]
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London charities benefit from Tube Lines giveaway
Three thousand staff at underground maintenance contractors Tube Lines will each give a pound to one of three charities, with the company setting a minimum donation of £2,000 for [...]
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Mayor calls on Darling to plug PPP ‘black hole’
Boris Johnson has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, requesting that the Government ensure Londoners are not shortchanged after PPP Arbiter Chris Bolt determ[...]
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RMT Announces Two Tube Strikes
The RMT has announced members working as cleaners and maintenance staff on the London Underground are to stage two strikes over pay.
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TravelWatch to Quiz Tube Bosses
Transport mangers including LU MD Tim O’Toole, Tube Lines Chief Executive Terry Morgan and Tube PPP Arbiter Chris Bolt will be speaking at a meeting of London TravelWatch next Tu[...]
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Metronet Control Passes To TfL
Control of the failed tube contractor Metronet, which collapsed last year after shareholders withdrew support from the company, officially passed to Transport for London at one min[...]
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Mayor Appoints New Chief of Staff
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has named businessman Tim Parker as his new Chief of Staff and ‘Chief Executive’ of the GLA Group, City Hall announced earlier today.
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Livingstone Sets Out ‘Transport Choice’
Ken Livingstone has said the future of transport in London is 'the big choice' facing voters next week.
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Negativity at the Reuters Mayoral Hustings
Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson, and Brian Paddick spent this morning at the Reuters Mayoral Hustings at Reuters House, Canary Wharf where they addressed an audience of business lea[...]
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Darling, Brown and Byers – May We Have Our Apology?
Many of the critics who slammed Ken Livingstone's decision to mount a legal challenge against the Tube PPP are now ministers hoping he'll secure their party a much needed victory i[...]
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Livingstone Vindicated as Brown Bails Out Metronet
The Government yesterday performed a humiliating u-turn when it announced a £1.7bn 'grant' to pay creditors of Metronet, the failed PPP operator responsible for maintenance of 9 [...]
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TfL Submit Formal Metronet Bid
Transport for London has formally bid to take over collapsed tube maintenance company Metronet it has been announced.
