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VIEWS UK would be ‘thrown out’.


CS: We provide personal and corporate reassurance that we will do what we reasonably can to protect each individual’s position. However Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s statement before Christmas that “up to one million EU citizens could be deported” and letter of 8 January suggest- ing that “the rights of EU citizens resident in the UK would form part of a negotia- tion” were unsettling.


DO YOU HOPE THAT THERE IS AN INTERIM AGREEMENT THAT MEANS THIS IS ALL PUT OFF FOR YEARS?


SP: That is unrealistic.


BG: We think ‘hard Brexit’ will happen and the country will suffer as a result.


AP: No, I’d rather it was decided in reason- able time so that we can all get on with rebuilding confidence in the market. However, I wouldn’t want any agreements rushed.


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CS: None of the above, the London Mayor is probably sincere. However, London as a city state is unlikely to gain support in the UK or the rest of the EU.


BG: I think we need something akin to a ‘London Visa’ to protect our future.


We are very concerned about our current staff being able to remain in the UK


Brendan Geraghty


an international team), and they were shocked and angry at first. But as we are unsure what Brexit means they have now taken it their stride.


DO YOU SEE ANY POSITIVES TO BREXIT FOR ARCHITECTS, SUCH AS A WEAKER POUND MAKING PROPERTY INVESTMENT CHEAPER?


AP: At present, not really. I wouldn’t neces- sarily see the latter as a big positive.


CS: No.


In 2016, 47 per cent of all new admissions to the Architects Register were using freedom of movement provisions


Christopher Shaw


HOW MANY STAFF ARE AFFECTED AND HOW HAVE THEY REACTED?


CS: All our staff (including me) will be affected. We are concerned.


SP: Some 20 per cent of our staff are affected and, naturally, they are anxious.


IH: Eight, although we are dealing with two by employing them as consultants because they work abroad.


BG: Some 75 per cent, including me. AP: Only one staff member (despite having


SP: No, with one exception, though. Outside the EU the function of the Architects Registration Board (ARB) can be transferred a little more easily to the RIBA bringing greater coherence and effectiveness to profes- sional education, entry and regulation.


IH: The rising cost of building materials and labour may offset this. And I am not sure who benefits really. The last thing London needs is more unoccupied “invest- ment” property.


BG: The percentage of international investors may increase. But, if the economy can't provide the skills to design and build the developments, the attractiveness of a weaker pound will be balanced by an increase in costs.


DO YOU THINK SADIQ KHAN'S 'LONDON VISA' IDEA IS USEFUL?


IH: Wishful thinking. London will continue to be the cash-cow for all the regions that voted “out.”


SP: Making a special case of London is not going to help heal a divided country – that must be a key aim.


We are aware of other practices suffering a slow-down through lack of confidence from investors on large-scale commercial projects Adam Parker


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HAVE CURRENT SCHEMES BEEN AFFECTED BY BREXIT?


IH: Sales on a development we have been working on dried up overnight, after already being under pressure by the dracon- ian Stamp Duty rises. Agents are downgrading/tightening projected sales prices, pushing some projects away from feasibility.


BG: Yes, we have had at least four projects cancelled or indefinitely suspended – this hits our cash flow hard.


AP: We haven’t experienced projects being stopped. But, then, currently we have more local authority clients than commercial. We are aware of other practices suffering a slow-down through lack of confidence from investors on large-scale commercial projects.


SP: Yes. An excellent architectural-model making company we know saw half their orders cut immediately after 23 June. However, the impact has since faded except in respect of high-end residential projects. 


AP: It would seem a useful prospect from the architecture profession’s perspective and, more generally, because of London’s cultural diversity and vibrancy. Conversely, it could further polarise London from other cities in the UK, broadening the socio- economic gap.


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