An Essex firm has been ordered to pay £5,970 after being prosecuted by the Architects Registration Board for pretending to represent a registered architect.

Barkingside Magistrates Court heard that the website and social media accounts of Alexander Miles Ltd, which was incorporated as a company in 2017 and trades under the name Alexander Miles Architecture, repeatedly used the term “architect” despite no architect being employed there.

This prompted a warning from Arb  to company director Sami Ibrahim, who then removed the words from his firm’s online presence, only to reinstate them a short time later, the court heard.

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