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Architect’s Low Pay – the RIBA responds

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On Thursday the RIBA issued a press release, RIBA President Ruth Reed takes action to tackle student hardship and low pay, which set out proposals to deal with financial hardship amongst architecture students, graduates and young practitioners.
The proposals include:

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UK Architects Practices increase but sizes shift – RIBA

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In September of 2009 there were 4.9% more RIBA Chartered Practices than at the same time in 2008, according to RIBA Director of Practice Adrian Dobson. Figures released by the RIBA show a change in distribution of practice size which has penalised one man bands and larger firms in favour of small and ‘micro’ firms [...]

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76% of Architects Practices are fewer than 10 people

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Here is a breakdown of the size of RIBA Chartered architects practices by size (no. of employees). It shows that over three quarters of the 2800 chartered architects practices in the UK have fewer than 10 staff, and more than half have fewer than five. Why is this important? Firstly it is interesting to consider [...]

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Strategies for Success in this Recession – Part 3: Things to start doing

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by Richard Derwent Cooke This is the third blog in this series, and hopefully you now have the core idea that being proactive is the key to success in these recessionary times. Last time we considered things that you needed to stop doing and now I’d like to consider those things that you need to [...]

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Strategies for Success in this Recession – Part 2: Things to stop doing

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By Richard Derwent Cooke Once you have accepted that you are best able to succeed in the recession by taking charge, a key question to ask is “What am I doing that no longer serves me?” Things like:- What activities are wasting my time? Remember the 80:20 rule Which customers are taking a disproportionate amount [...]

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Strategies for Success in this Recession – Part 1: Change how you see things

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by Richard Derwent Cooke The world is in global economic melt down .. right? And yet I am sure there are many people and businesses that are doing very well in today’s marketplace. Of course there are practical difficulties with getting credit (if you need it) or perhaps with clients who lack liquidity. However, if [...]

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