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3 Ps in a Pod

Partnerships Bulletin and P3 Bulletin
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    Episode 120: Reflecting on the Partnerships Awards

    06/05/2026 | 19 mins.
    Once again, the biggest night in PPP delivered an insight into the projects, people and organisations that are shaping the future of the industry. The team reflect on the evening, and discuss some of the winning entries.

    They consider:
    Impact of the UK elections - 3:17
    Views of behaviours in existing contracts - 9:15
    The global landscape of PPPs - 14:50
    Lifetime Achievement winner - 17:25

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    Episode 119: Water and Defence

    22/04/2026 | 23 mins.
    With water infrastructure in increasing demand for a variety of reasons, the team discuss where PPP is playing a role, before moving on to look at how different nations are using the model to support their defence investment plans.

    They discuss:
    Partnerships to boost drinking water
    How data centres are driving water demand - 5:45
    Why the UK pipeline is strong despite general uncertainty around privatisation and PPP - 10:40
    How PPP can help help spending in the defence sector - 15:00

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    P3TER Locked and Loaded: Catch up with new opportunities

    14/04/2026 | 9 mins.
    In this bonus episode of P3TER: Locked & Loaded, the team pick out some of the most recent findings from their friendly AI assistant.

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    Episode 118: Is momentum returning to the UK?

    10/04/2026 | 20 mins.
    The team consider ongoing progress in the UK PPP market a year on from the establishment of NISTA.

    They discuss:
    Neighbourhood Health Centres and the interest in the UK social infrastructure sector - 1:20
    Interest in the HS2 Euston Station PPP project - 6:15
    CATOs and why they’re different to OFTOs - 10:38
    Why expiry is not the end of the conversation for the private sector - 15:41
    Political support for new PPPs - 19:40

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    Will Whitehorn: “We have to industrialise in space. It is an imperative”

    02/04/2026 | 26 mins.
    How do we solve population pressure and climate crisis in space? How has GPS allowed us to provide 12% more food globally? How did the UK become a global leader in small satellite manufacture after the British Government said, “there’s no future for the UK satellite industry”? How did Elon Musk turn reusable rockets from science fiction to science fact in less than 20 years? What else are “Elon and Jeff” going to allow us to do? And why is SpaceX still “the elephant in the room”?

    Join Alice as she talks to Will Whitehorn, chair of giant space tech investor Seraphim and former president of Virgin Galactic, and they discuss the implications of “The Elon Musk show” and its legacy, “the beginnings of a competitive space industry of scale”.

    Contributors:
    Alice Bunn, President of UKspace
    Dr Alice Bunn OBE FIMechE FRAeS CEng | LinkedIn
    UKspace: Overview | LinkedIn

    Will Whitehorn OBE, Seraphim Space Investment Trust
    Will Whitehorn OBE | LinkedIn

    Key topics covered:
    UK satellite manufacture
    UK universities
    SpaceX valuation
    Reuseable rockets
    Agricultural management
    Population pressure
    Climate crisis
    Solar power
    Data centres in space
    Industrialising in space

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The team behind Partnerships Bulletin and P3 Bulletin bring you the stories behind the headlines, interviews with industry experts, and an occasional lighter look at the market Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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