I was first introduced to Richard in the early 1990's as his sister, Sue, had previously done some development work for us at Camden Graphics. 

We wanted Sue to do some further development for us. She was too busy but said that her brother would be be able to do the work. And so started a nearly 30 year business relationship.

Richard, working with Hilary and myself, created a number of systems including a display planning system which helped secure Camden Graphic's position as a leading supplier of greeting cards to UK retailers

Camden Graphics was sold in 1998 and I had to tell Richard we might only have another 6 months work for him. However, we were both still working together until 2018 when I retired. Camden Graphics was bought by a very large US Greeting Card company through their UK company, UK Greetings. I was offered the role of Business Information Director and Richard was instrumental in designing and building a data warehouse for us. Working with myself and Suzanne, head of our team of analysts, Richard created a system that could process, summarise on a timely basis and provide the analytics for millions of rows of date received each week from various UK Retailers including Clinton Cards, W H Smith, Sainsburys, Tesco and Asda. A very impressive piece of work by Richard - definitely the best in the Card industry.

Richard was also a great friend and we enjoyed many an enjoyable gym session at Camden Graphics. One of the ladies in our Creative team ran exercise classes to music at lunchtimes. I'm not sure which one of us was least coordinated!

Once we made the move to UK Greetings, based in West Yorkshire, Richard and I both stayed in the same hotels on numerous occasions. We had many enjoyable evenings putting the world to rights and chatting about our families. He was clearly very proud of his family and in particular Will and Nicola’s achievements as they grew up.

Such a big loss for Janet, Will and Nicola. I do hope you have many happy memories of him as a husband and a father. For me it was certainly a privilege and a pleasure to have known Richard all these years

Simon Banks