BDP hangs onto furlough cash while paying parent £16m dividend

By Dave Rogers2021-12-01T10:46:00

Source: BDP

Decision raises questions over whether firms are morally obliged to pay money back after architect claimed £700,000 from government initiative

The question of whether firms should pay dividends before handing back furlough money has resurfaced after BDP’s accounts revealed it is giving £16m to its Japanese parent – while hanging onto more than £2m of government cash.

The country’s second biggest architect, which worked on a series of Nightingale hospitals during the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic last spring, said in its latest accounts that it had paid Nippon Koei an £8m dividend during its last financial year, covering the 12 months to June 2021.

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