Blogs

Lorna Pimlott, Managing Director, Local Authority Advisory and Lending, puts the case for how a portfolio approach to packaging smaller net zero investments could be key for many local authorities to drive forward their ambitions.

In the next in our series of guest blogs, Leeds City Council Chief Executive Tom Riordan CBE, sets out how public-private collaboration is the key for local authorities to navigate the net zero transition.

In the next in our series of guest blogs, Managing Director of Infrastructure at Aviva Investors Darryl Murphy gives the market view on the role of UKIB in unleashing capital to support net zero targets.

As the Bank announces its latest digital financing, for Cornwall-based internet provider Wildanet, Ian Brown, Head of Banking & Investments, discusses where and how the Bank can have most impact in the sector.

At the start of June, the Bank will move to a new office in Leeds city centre. For us, the significance of this goes way beyond bricks and mortar.

Our Chief Policy and Strategy Officers (job-share), Kate McGavin and Helen Williams, reflect on the Bank's role in supporting infrastructure across the breadth of the UK to help deliver net zero and regional and local economic growth.

In the first in a series of guest blogs, climate change advisor and UKIB Non-Executive Director Nigel Topping sets out the role the Bank can play in helping deliver the exponential change the UK needs to get to Net Zero.

As the Bank’s number, scale and range of transactions grows, Ian Brown, Head of Banking and Investments, reflects on our role in accelerating nascent markets.

As the Bank publishes its Annual Report and Accounts for year-end March 2023, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Annie Ropar takes a moment to reflect on the story behind the numbers.

As we prepare to publish an update to our strategy, in this blog our CEO John Flint reflects on the Bank's progress to date and explains why, with foundations now firmly in place, the Bank is well placed to go from strength to strength.

Three hundred Local Authorities have declared a climate emergency, and two-thirds want to reach net zero by 2030 – ahead of the UK government 2050 target. Dan Mansfield talks about what the Bank is doing to help.

As a policy bank deploying public funds, UKIB covers a broad waterfront – clean energy, waste, transport, digital and water, as well as emerging areas, such as natural capital. The Bank’s twin missions are about helping tackle climate change and support regional and local economic growth across the UK. And wherever we invest, it is essential that we have a positive impact, and are mindful of how we can contribute to wider benefits to society, the environment, and the world around us.