Solving the UK infrastructure investment challenge

ICAEW brings together insights from an infrastructure investment forum (held in November 2024), as well as further guidance and resources for advisors, investors and investees involved in infrastructure investment in the UK.

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Features and articles

Roadshow: Middle East

09 Sep 2025
Corporate Financier

The resource-rich Middle East has long been attractive to investors, but energy transition is now putting M&A activity in the fast lane, as Jason Sinclair reports.

Regulation: anti-money laundering

06 Jun 2025
Corporate Financier

Corporate finance advisory has not been the top priority area for UK regulators’ oversight of anti-money laundering controls and process, in no small part due to the diligence of corporate finance firms. But that is changing as policymakers clamp down on financial crime.

Career paths: Lucy McKelvey, EY

09 Apr 2025
Corporate Financier

A new experience every day and always learning is what drives Lucy McKelvey, associate director in EY’s energy and infrastructure corporate finance team.

Trendwatch: utilities and resources M&A

10 Feb 2025
Corporate Financier

From water to energy, there’s a perfect storm driving M&A in the utilities and resources sector. Jason Sinclair looks at what’s in the pipeline.

Long read: UK infrastructure

11 Oct 2024
Corporate Financier

Addressing the UK’s infrastructure challenge is a key plank of the new government’s strategy. But will the £7.3bn allocated to the UK Infrastructure Bank, which has become the National Wealth Fund, be enough – and will it deliver?

Trendwatch: Energy transition

06 Jun 2024
Corporate Financier

Energy transition continues to drive M&A in the sector. Jason Sinclair looks at where the deals are.

Insight: infrastructure

12 May 2023
Corporate Financier

Investment in infrastructure is vital for the UK to remain competitive. Jason Sinclair examines government initiatives and speaks to infra advisers about where they expect the deals to be.

Mission commenced

14 Mar 2023

Having left the EU – and with it the capital investment from the European Investment Bank – the UK needs to forge its own way in infrastructure investment. Marc Mullen speaks to UK Infrastructure Bank CEO John Flint about net zero, levelling up and attracting bankers to Leeds.

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Latest news on infrastructure and project finance

Infrastructure spend must be smart, as well as speedy

25 Mar 2025
ICAEW Insights

ICAEW has revealed the results of a snap poll of members, confirming that the government must better focus its infrastructure investment or risk ‘displacing’ private sector funding.

Canadian pensions: a model for the UK?

19 Aug 2024
ICAEW Insights

The UK government is exploring a Canada-inspired pension system to boost efficiency and infrastructure investment. We look at how this compares with the UK’s existing model.

What’s next for LEPs and growth hubs?

05 Aug 2024
ICAEW Insights

Local enterprise partnerships’ functions were transferred to local authorities in April 2024. What role will they play now?

FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTY National Wealth Fund to unlock green and growth investment

15 Jul 2024
ICAEW Insights

Fund will bring together UK Infrastructure Bank and the British Business Bank to unlock billions of pounds of investment in the UK’s green and growth industries, government says.

Report highlights local authority procurement weakness

17 Jan 2023
ICAEW Insights

Inefficiencies, poor processes and skills issues present potentially significant risks to public money and service, Grant Thornton warns.

MPs call for end to competitive bidding for local authority funding

16 Nov 2022
ICAEW Insights

A major report by the Public and Constitutional Affairs Committee describes governance and funding arrangements for local government in England “ineffective”.

NAO guide to demystify public sector corporate finance

16 Sep 2022
ICAEW Insights

The National Audit Office has distilled analysis of 139 government corporate finance projects conducted over the last 35 years into a best practice guide in a bid to increase the likelihood of future project success.

FINANCIAL SERVICES FACULTY Reforms required to unlock insurers’ green investment potential

05 Jul 2022
ICAEW Insights

Insurance sector regulations that govern the capital treatment of investments into green infrastructure projects, such as offshore wind, must be reformed to combat climate change, say industry experts.

Practical guidance

Read the Corporate Finance Faculty's good practice guidelines relating to infrastructure and project finance.

AI in corporate finance

23 Sep 2024

The Corporate Finance Faculty have brought together insights and resources on how AI is being used in corporate finance to help you better understand the application benefits and risks, as well as the practical considerations as you begin to revolutionise how deals are done.

Cyber Security in Corporate Finance

31 Jan 2024

Our Cyber Security in Corporate Finance guideline aims to help organisations manage cyber risk and improve its governance, setting out good practice within the context of a corporate finance transaction.

ESG in Corporate Finance

26 Aug 2022

ESG considerations can have a positive impact on a business’s decisions in relation to transactions. They can also be a driver of transactions as a business’s ESG credentials influence investment and capital allocation decisions.

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