Bad debt sinks MBLA as tough trading conditions continue

摘要

Employment Award-winning Manchester practice MBLA has become the latest outfit to go under as new figures show unemployment among architects is continuing to rise.The 24-year-old company, which once boasted a staff of 33 and traded under names including Mills Beaumont Leavey Channon, blamed non-payment of fees for its demise.RIBA president elect Stephen Hodder, of Manchester-based Hodder Associates, described the studio's closure as a 'great loss'.