NS&I and SBS have now adopted a whole business approach

3.6  NS&I and SBS are now much more focused on the whole business. Partnership decisions are now based on what is best for the business as a whole rather than what is best for either NS&I or SBS. In the areas of transaction accounting and business process re-engineering NS&I now has strong involvement although it does not seek to transfer risk back to itself through approving SBS's solutions to its requirements.