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Practices weighing redundancies as government’s autumn budget continues to bite

By 2025-02-20T13:00:00

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RIBA survey finds firms expecting to cut staff over the next three months ahead of planned rise in National Insurance Contributions

Practices are considering redundancies and have pared back recruitment plans following the government’s decision to increase National Insurance Contributions (NICs), RIBA has reported.

The institute’s latest Future Trends survey found architecture firms are expecting to make staff cuts over the next three months as its staffing index figure for January dipped below zero to -4.

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