Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has said it is opening a new office in Paris because of Brexit and to make sure it keeps access to 20% of its business on the other side of the Channel.

The firm, which has been a vocal critic of the UK’s decision to leave the EU at the end of last year, said the office in the French capital was being set up as “a direct result of the impact of Brexit and to form a gateway to working in Europe”.

The architect’s partner responsible for France, Stephen Barrett, said: “Brexit is a damaging and profoundly regressive move.

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