HOK boss says government is handling Brexit 'terribly'

By Dave Rogers2018-10-01T06:00:00

HOK’s London head says negotiations ‘go from crisis to crisis’

The head of US architect HOK’s London office has said firms like his are being left in the lurch by the government’s handling of Brexit.

Around a third of staff at the firm behind the Francis Crick Institute at King’s Cross are from the EU but managing principal Dan Hajjar said his staff still have no idea where they stood once the UK leaves the EU in less than six months’ time.

Hajjar, who is from Canada and has been in the UK for four years, said: “[Brexit] has been handled terribly. It goes from internal crisis to external crisis. Everyone is walking on a floor of marbles.”

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