{"id":389069,"date":"2026-01-25T03:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T03:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/389069\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T03:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T03:39:16","slug":"fletcher-rae-brings-in-hitchmough-as-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/389069\/","title":{"rendered":"Fletcher Rae brings in Hitchmough as director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having left BDP last year, experienced architect Mike Hitchmough has joined Fletcher Rae to support the practice\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n<p>Hitchmough spent a decade as a director at BDP, working on high profile schemes including Outpost\u2019s 42-storey Greengate co-living tower, and the masterplan for Preston\u2019s station quarter.<\/p>\n<p>As a director at Fletcher Rae, he will help the firm deepen its client pool and expand its sectoral reach.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Rae, chairman of Horizon Architecture Group, which owns Fletcher Rae, said Hitchmough\u2019s appointment comes at an exciting time for the business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have ambitious plans for growth over the next few years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe brings a wealth of experience that will enable us to build on our ever-growing broad sector profile and completed projects portfolio\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher Rae\u2019s current projects include Eckersley Mill and Berkeley Square for Heaton Group and the refurbishment of the Hammerstone Road depot for Manchester City Council.<\/p>\n<p>Hitchmough joins Fletcher Rae\u2019s 25-strong Manchester team, becoming one of five directors alongside Rae, John Clarke, Ben Battye, and Daniel Lesser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve known Andrew Rae for a number of years and our values are well-aligned,\u201d Hitchmough said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFletcher Rae has a strong reputation for technical delivery and project execution. My role will be to help build on that foundation by further strengthening the practice\u2019s design culture, broadening our client base and helping to reinforce the practice\u2019s position as a trusted partner across all stages of project delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having left BDP last year, experienced architect Mike Hitchmough has joined Fletcher Rae to support the practice\u2019s growth.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-389069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}