McDonald's two storey Drive Thru restaurant at Luton has opened after a two week trial and staff training. An end of terrace empty retail unit was stripped back and reconfigured to suit Mc Donald's new format

The 'Banbury Gateway' development opened in November in time for the Christmas trade. RGP specialise in retail architecture and designed the 285,000sqft Fashion Park which has the following stores: M&S, Next, Primark, Fat Face, Arcadia, River Island, New Look, Mountain Warehouse and restaurant space for Eds Diner, Costa Coffee, and McDonalds.

Chris Horner of RGP was invited by Prince Charles to attend St James Palace on behalf of Southgate District Civic Trust, for a briefing on a new Housing Design Tool Kit developed by The Princes Foundation for Building Community. SDCT is part of the national body, Civic Voice (formerly the Civic Trust) which represents  Civic Societies across England and Wales [...]

Works are complete at Sunbury Cross Shopping Centre for Threadneedle Estates. The works included new shopfront fascia’s, signage, canopy soffits and external lighting together with a Costa coffee unit and conversion of the existing first floor offices to accommodate  “The Gym”.

RGP gave their support to the Macmillan Coffee Morning hosted by fellow CDA member Hawthorn Estates and helped raise £275 for this worthy cancer charity Pictured: (left to right) Terry Ratcliffe, Patrica Allen, Reid and Siobhan Lewis

RGP's Dave Matthews gears up for the 2016 Hang Gliding European Championships in Macedonia! Dave grew up in Eastbourne on the south coast of England near Beachy Head cliffs and used to watch the early hang gliders jumping off thinking it looked a lot of fun. After going to University in Brighton to study Architecture he decided to [...]

From the 6th October 2015, a new role of Principal Designer will take over the former duties of the CDM Co-ordinator and in anticipation of this, RGP through its Development Services Division, has strengthened its expertise to provide this service for existing and new clients. Congratulations to Mark Eastmond and Daryl Stallabrass of the RGP London [...]

The first formal building regulations were introduced in the London Building Act of 1667, as a direct result of the Great Fire of London the year before, although they have existed in London since 1189, due to the problems created by the densely packed housing in the capital. It was a series of Public Health [...]

As part of The Ratcliffe Groves Partnership 50th year Celebrations, retired colleagues were invited to afternoon tea on a canal cruise from Manchester to Media City at Salford Keys. Terry Ratcliffe, RGP Chairman noted “Our Golden anniversary could not have been achieved without the help of our former colleagues, now retired. It was a pleasure to [...]

An exciting new scheme in Clacton-on-Sea will create a many new jobs, and attract an investment of £10M over the next two years. Aegon UK Property Fund have obtained planning permission for a mixed use, retail and leisure development, at Clacton Factory Outlet Village, Clacton-on-Sea. The scheme, designed by architects The Ratcliffe Groves Partnership (RGP) [...]