Architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has issued a profit warning after being hit by retrospective fee cuts in the Middle East

It had been expected to make a loss in the six months to 31 March 2009, owing to restructuring costs, but the company said writedowns in the UAE had increased the figure.

It added: 鈥淚n addition, a large-scale Middle East project is to be re-tendered, even though a letter of intent had been received against which we were holding a large UK staff contingent.鈥�

Last month 好色先生TV reported that Abu Dhabi developer Aldar had asked for 20% fee cuts from architects and engineers.

The company had 拢1.2m in cash on 31 March and said it was 鈥渟ufficiently robust鈥� to achieve a profit for the full-year.

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