3.21 The contract does not give SBS the right to withdraw despite the return on the deal being very poor to date. SBS appears more likely to make a return on its investment by remaining in the partnership for the full 15 years of the deal, if it can achieve its target operational cost savings and increase revenue through third party business and additional work for NS&I. SBS's latest financial figures show that that the project is performing in line with, if not better than, current forecasts so there is now a more positive outlook.