Private Finance initiative (PFI) contracts have been and will be with us for some considerable time but there’s an ever-increasing number of PFI contracts now set to expire.

Meet some of the amazing, dedicated SWAN customer service team trusted to deliver essential connectivity right across the Scottish public sector

Capita Local Government has been appointed by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) to carry out a national programme of school condition data collection assessments, in a three-year contract.

Capita has been selected by the Department for Education’s Standards and Testing Agency (STA) to manage the administration, processing and support for all primary school national curriculum assessment (NCA) tests in England.

Our clients trust us to help them use this data and insight to transform their businesses. Our consulting team are deep industry and process experts who don’t just advise - they build, implement and operate real and effective digital solutions.

The technology for a connected country is here. In fact, we’re already putting it to work across Scotland – in healthcare, education, local authorities and beyond. Watch the video to see how Capita is accelerating Scotland’s digital and climate ambitions to make a real difference to people’s lives.

Can debt really be considered good? And do we need more of it? At Tortoise Media’s recent ‘The Future of Money’ event I was invited to consider this alongside finance coach and author of Black Girl Finance, Selina Flavius, and the co-author of Angrynomics, Eric Lonergan.

We applied our experience in managing large, complex applications to process planning for Lancaster University’s solar farm through to formal determination.

The UK is set to spend over £9bn this year on PFI contracts – and a total of £48bn in the next five years. This level of spending will continue until we see the first peak in contracts expiring around 2030. Expiry will see assets worth £14bn (their original capital value) transferring back to public ownership.

Stoke-on-Trent shares real-time data seamlessly across departments and systems with our Single View software for efficient decision-making and quality services.