‘Brexit uncertainty is killing my business’, designer warns MP

Susie Rumbold, managing director of Tessuto Interiors

Brexit indecision worse than Brexit itself, says MD of architectural interiors firm

The managing director of a London-based architecture business has said it will go to the wall in a matter of weeks if uncertainty over the UK’s future relationship with the European Union is not resolved.

In an impassioned plea to former Treasury minister Greg Hands – who represents London’s Chelsea & Fulham constituency – Susie Rumbold said Hands and his fellow MPs needed to understand the severity of the problem.

Rumbold who runs Tessuto Interiors in Fulham, told Conservative Hands she believed her 26-year-old architectural interior design company would be out of business within three months if the uncertainty over the UK’s future relationship with the EU was not resolved.

This content is available to registered users | Already registered?Login here

You are not currently logged in.

To continue reading this story, sign up for free guest access

Existing Subscriber? LOGIN

REGISTER for free access on selected stories and sign up for email alerts. You get:

  • Up to the minute architecture news from around the UK
  • Breaking, daily and weekly e-newsletters

 

Subscribe to Building Design and you will benefit from:

Gated access promo

  • Unlimited news
  • Reviews of the latest buildings from all corners of the world
  • Technical studies
  • Full access to all our online archives
  • PLUS you will receive a digital copy of WA100 worth over £45

Subscribe now for unlimited access.