In 2001, Richard and his partner Zoe, established a property refurbishment company, acquiring dilapidated period properties around Birmingham and sympathetically renovating them for sale. This led to the formation of Zircon Design and Build which was incorporated as a Limited Company in 2008.
Richard is employed full time by the company working on a wide variety of domestic building projects in Kings Heath and Moseley. The company continues to thrive in a competitive environment.
Richard has worked in the construction and civil engineering industries for over 30 years after completing an HND in Building Studies in 1986 and a 3 year part-time bricklaying course at South Birmingham Technical College in 2001.