Architects must manage their costs more carefully if they are to keep their practices afloat in choppy waters, the Fees Bureau has warned.

They are also being advised to take a longer-term view with their business planning on the eve of one of Britain’s most unpredictable general elections and an uncertain future.

Aziz Mirza, a director of the Fees Bureau which specialises in the construction industry, was speaking against a backdrop of static – and even falling – profit among UK chartered practices.

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