Nicholas Ratcliffe is a Chartered Surveyor with more than 30 years’ experience within the property industry. Nicholas’ expertise spans all aspects of residential and commercial property, including site acquisition, planning, investment, development and redevelopment.

In the mid 90s, Nicholas formed a property investment company and acquired multiple assets in Manchester City Centre.

At a similar time, in a joint venture, he acquired a site on Centenary Way in Burnley, which was being developed for 85,000sq ft of non-food prior to Tesco acquiring the site. The success of this deal led to him being asked to open more new food stores for Sainsburys, initially in Greater Manchester. Over a 12-year term, Nicholas worked exclusively on the company’s multi-billion-pound property portfolio where he developed and implemented its strategy for site acquisition, planning, store refurbishment and expansion. 

Nicholas also acted for the Kellogg Company for many years as well as other corporates, financial institutions and a number of high street banks. In 1997, Nicholas established the NHR Directors Pension Scheme of which he is also Trustee along with eldest son Thomas Ratcliffe. The scheme identifies and invests in commercial property across the North West and is always keen to discuss new opportunities.

Nicholas offers his considerable experience to RP Group with an ongoing remit to identify sites across Cheshire and South Manchester that would be suited to high-quality mixed-use schemes.