Creative Scotland said that moving companies from the previous system - known as flexible funding - on to project-based investments would continue to allow companies to plan for major projects.
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The design dust-up highlights a pitfall in the process of winning public approval for major projects: Specific architects and developers aren't tied to projects, allowing the reality of what is ultimately built to look quite different from early renderings.
Part of his plan to make this happen is to cut permitting timelines for major infrastructure projects in half and create incentives for better outcomes for communities and the environment.
Under the plans, there will be better cross-border connections and more funding for major infrastructure projects.
Torbay's mayor, Nick Bye, said the majority of the money had been spent on architects and lawyers for major regeneration projects.
The adjournment debate is followed by, er, an adjournment debate on community funding for major infrastructure projects - led by the Conservative Ian Liddell-Grainger.
The document sets out the priorities and timescales for changes and major projects on the railway.
So if Scots are high up the league table for incompetence in managing major projects, they've got tough competition.
The legislation gives the government powers to reduce water bills in certain regions and would also allow for financial assistance for major water and sewage infrastructure projects.
The legislation would enable the government to reduce water bills in certain regions, and it would also allow for the provision of financial assistance for major water and sewage infrastructure projects.
And those are just two examples of how we are reducing projected timelines for more than 40 major infrastructure projects around the country by several months to several years, as you can see here on our permitting dashboard.
The demand for credit from an increasing number of major projects awaiting approval will lead to a gradual release of loans in June and July, and the growth of the credit is expected to slowly rebound.
He expressed his opposition to current legislation which means that Wales does not have control over major energy projects as he called for these powers to be devolved.
At the World Economic Forum in the Dead Sea last week, it was evident that momentum is building, albeit very late, on public private partnerships, micro financing for small businesses and calls for an Arab Stabilization Plan to fund major infrastructure projects.
He repeated his intention to replace "private finance initiative" (PFI) projects - the scheme for involving private-sector contractors in public sector infrastructure projects first introduced under John Major - with a new approach that would enable taxpayers to benefit from the profits of such ventures.
Infrastructure projects have also long been a major catalyst for jobs, particularly for immigrant workers and the middle class.
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The cross-party Public Accounts Committee says transferring costs of major projects between budgets makes it impossible to assess value for money.
Only a handful of planning inquiries last more than a few months but some involving major projects can stretch over years, making them expensive for all the participants.
The fact that supported by the Russian government fund will investment in projects inside Russia in cooperation with foreign companies has created a major impulse for the market players who were not sure whether to invest in Russia.
The group wants a number of major government infrastructure projects, but the Globe debacle has begun to tarnish its name for quality and service.
Other proposed cuts include reducing opening hours for customer service centres and libraries, the withdrawal of some public transport routes, delaying major infrastructure projects and reducing the funding available to support tourism.
Senators Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) have all rallied around the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E), hoping to shield it from major budget cuts in the following months.
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But analysis by IPPR North shows almost half of major transport projects involving public funding benefit only London and the south-east, accounting for 84% of planned spending.
Now the Kellogg Foundation has stepped up with a major grant to launch a People-to-People program, mobilizing Mexican American assistance for community projects and organizations in southern Mexico, beginning in Chiapas.
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In return, Beijing is getting engineering contracts to build port and road infrastructure, winning business for Chinese state-owned enterprises, and showing off what China is good at: building major infrastructure projects in record time.
So, as public funding for big capital projects takes a hit from the decade of austerity now under way, and with scarce capital taken up more often with major transport priorities, what do you think should be put in the pipeline for the next grand projects that will define modern Scotland?
Projects up for debate include Europe's continued participation in the space station and the development of a major new weather satellite system.
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