Worries over Brexit see WYG set up Amsterdam office

By Hamish Champ2018-06-11T06:00:00

Consultant says move is ‘mitigation measure’ to protect its European business

Consultant WYG has set up an office in Amsterdam to ward off the threat that £30m worth of its income might disappear after Brexit.

The listed firm carries out around one fifth of its group business, which last year edged up to £153m, in Europe with the firm having a number of offices on the continent including three in Poland.

WYG chief executive Douglas McCormick, who took up the post last June after nearly two years as the boss of Sweett, said its new base would help it win work in the region if the UK’s negotiations to leave the EU turned sour.

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