Greater Nottingham LIFT is a Public Private Partnership which was established in 2004 as part of a government initiative to supplement investment in primary health care and social care premises, many of which need modernisation to bring them up to today’s standards.

Greater Nottingham LIFTCo is a limited company with three major shareholders: Primary Plus, the private sector partner, set up by John Laing and the Bank of Scotland, which holds 60% of the equity; Partnerships for Health which holds 20% and the Public Sector, consisting of the Nottinghamshire County teaching Primary Care Trust, Nottingham City Primary Care Trust and Nottingham City Council, which holds the remaining 20%.