Credit crunch research calls for re-think over PFI funding

摘要

Problems public bodies have encountered in delivering PFI projects during the recession are beginning to abate but the market still requires new sources of finance to ensure it remains stable, new research has suggested.A study of the impact of the credit crunch on UK infrastructure projects, published by the Centre for Public Service Partnerships, has found that 'conventionally procured' projects, funded by public bodies directly, 'have suffered the least difficulty' during the downturn.