GIIA is in Washington D.C. this week to participate in Infrastructure Week; a national event to elevate infrastructure as a critical issue impacting all Americans. Highlights will include hearing about the Administration’s plans for infrastructure funding from Secretary Chao (Department of Transportation) at the kick-off event Time to Build America on Monday, and from a…
A Financing Roundtable to review barriers to bringing in private investment into infrastructure and how the UK Government might address these was attended by GIIA and a number of its member companies. The event, organised and chaired by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), heard about the importance of Government providing a strong narrative for its…
The UK remains an attractive market for international investment but that should not be taken for granted. That was the overall message to Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP when GIIA members were invited to a briefing with the Secretary of State for International Trade on Thursday 12 January. The International Trade Secretary heard from…
Claire Hobson has joined GIIA as its first Head of Policy and Public Affairs. Claire has over 20 years of international and domestic policy and regulatory experience in business-facing roles including in London at the Business Department and in Paris for UK Trade & Investment. She has delivered global trade & investment campaigns and supported…
GIIA’s CEO Andy Rose was called as an expert witness to give evidence to the Treasury Select Committee Inquiry into the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement 2016. The hearing, held on Tuesday 13th December, was one of a series of sessions to scrutinise the content of the Chancellor’s plans and looked at the prioritisation, deliverability and financing…
GIIA’s CEO Andy Rose joined a number of leading infrastructure experts speaking at the Financial Times European Infrastructure Summit on November 30th. Andy’s session followed an on stage interview with Lord Michael Heseltine, former Deputy Prime Minister, who spoke about the Brexit process and the uncertainties that surround this. President-elect Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan and…
Andy Rose spells out the importance of institutional investment for Britain to be truly ‘open for business’ in today’s edition of The Times. Click here to read the full article.