Summing up

Two key points concern overseas projects: each individual

project should be viable in its own right and adequate

financial provisions should be made.

The wider importance to the UK of winning and

implementing, effectively, major overseas projects has been

emphasized. These projects cast their influence over an

area much wider than that of the projects themselves and

this can raise or undermine the wider national reputation of

the UK.

The importance of establishing, at the time of signing an

agreement, a robust relationship between all the

participants has been emphasized, whether this concerns

details of a partnership, consortium, contract, purchase