Advisory Board

“One of the points highlighted in the research was the announcement at the end of 2009 of the phasing out of cheques as a means of payment by 2018, but it is still surprising to many business owners that in the age of internet banking it still takes three days for bank payment transactions to be credited to a receiving bank account with credit and debit card payments taking up to 10 days to be received, which in the age of real-time online banking seems amazingly long.”

About

Richard has spent his entire working life either being self-employed or the owner of his own businesses. Originally joining the London Docklands Development Corporation as a media consultant before moving on to co-found the online recruitment company JNCP.com which was bought by Associated New Media and forms the basis for the current Monster.com whilst also buying and launching a number of leisure lifestyle magazines for London and the South East.



The magazines were sold in 2006 when he founded Capital Business Media and Events Group and bought the global fund management magazine Fund Manager Today and Business Matters. March 2008 saw Richard launch the business research company Trends research specialising in surveying the SME business community in the UK and as such Richard is a popular media commentator and columnist on business.



Richard was named by The Observer newspaper & The Courvoisier Future 500 as ’someone to watch’ in their top 100 business people list at the end of 2008.



When not in the office, Richard is a member of the Parish Council for Chigwell and Chairman of the Planning and also the Parish Plan Committee. He is also Chair of Governors of Chigwell Row Infants School and Governor of West Hatch High School. On a Saturday, you will find Richard in the West Upper stand at White Hart Lane watching Tottenham Hotspur.

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