Self-employed architects plead with chancellor for support
By Tom Lowe and Elizabeth Hopkirk2020-03-23T16:21:00
’We’re facing catastrophic uncertainty,’ say sole practitioners
Architects are pleading with the chancellor to stump up more cash to help sole practitioners during the coronavirus outbreak.
One-man bands make up a significant proportion of architecture practices in the UK and yet so far Rishi Sunak has offered them nothing like the assurances he has given their employed colleagues.
One architect said: “Self-employed sole practitioners have seen turnover halve and halve again over the last three years and we’re now facing catastrophic uncertainty.”
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