Schools projects will not slow with market, says government

摘要

Tim Byles, the chief executive of Partnerships for Schools, has insisted that the government's ￡45bn school building programme will not be damaged by the market downturn. Byles was speaking after announcing that a series of schools projects worth ￡625m are to be brought forward at least six months under a government deal to speed up the delayed Building Schools for the Future (BSF) initiative. Byles said he had seen no evidence that market conditions would affect the delivery of the programme. He said the government had the money to spend and that the industry would not be deterred from tendering by the tough market conditions, despite the high bid costs associated with the schools.