When the press reports another Private Finance Initiative (PFI) or Public Private Partnership (PPP) story most people tend to think of projects involving roads, prisons, the health sector or education.
Few stop to consider the applicability of these procurement routes in the arena of culture, media and sport. But David Hutton reports that funding is available for the development of projects in the arts and leisure sectors and many are underway already.

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