By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-04-26T06:00:00+01:00
Pair took out loan when practice folded to ensure staff were not left in lurch
Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones paid their staff’s £98,000 redundancy bill from their own pockets when the practice collapsed last year, they have revealed.
The pair, who founded the influential practice 30 years ago, took out a substantial loan to ensure their 15 remaining members of staff did not miss out on money owed to them.
It allowed them to keep redundancy pay out of the winding-up process which might have seen staff waiting many months to be paid sums understood to average £6,500 each.
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Dixon Jones / vPPR - Olympic Way project, Wembley - Walking down the stairs
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Dixon Jones / vPPR - Olympic Way project, Wembley
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Dixon Jones / vPPR - Olympic Way project, Wembley
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Dixon Jones / vPPR - Olympic Way project, Wembley - View from the deck
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Dixon Jones / vPPR - Olympic Way project, Wembley
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Contractor VolkerFitzpatrick is racing to finish paving at a £39m main entrance upgrade at Wembley Stadium ahead of this Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final.
By Tom Lowe2021-04-16T05:00:00+01:00
Stadium to let 4,000 fans attend match in covid-secure trial event this weekend
VolkerFitzpatrick is racing to finish paving at a £39m main entrance upgrade at Wembley Stadium ahead of this Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final.
Around 4,000 fans will use the Olympic steps for the first time this weekend.
The steps are one of the last projects designed by collapsed architect Dixon Jones, which went into liquidation in September last year
It is first time the stadium will open its doors to the public in more than a year for the 6.30pm showdown between Leicester and Southampton.
vPPR will carry Dixon Jones’ Wembley steps over the finish line
1/10 View looking at the steps from Olympic Way
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4/10 View from the deck at night
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6/10 Dixon Jones proposals for new steps on Wembley Way
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AJ 40-under-40 practice vPPR has been brought in to complete Dixon Jones’ replacement of the ramps on the famous approach to Wembley Stadium with a set of steps
Dixon Jones, best known for projects for major British institutions such as the Royal Opera House, closed last September after its founders Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones – both in their 80s – failed to agree a succession plan.