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Richard Holt product development, training and enterprise

MSc Innovation and applied entrepreneurship, ILM Level 7 Certificate in Leadership & Management, BA Hons Industrial Design, PGCE Design, MCI

Director of Core Business Design Richard specialises in design and innovation strategies to improve business performance and promotion. Richard has spearheaded many partnerships and alliances with business and education sector and remains proactive in all these areas.

Richard is a highly experienced creative entrepreneur, practitioner and educationalist who has provided significant contribution to arts and creative development internationally.

He is also a Centre manager and co-founder of the Creative Innovation Centre CIC and Arts Hub in Taunton, is an associate of Creative Developments, and works with a highly talented team to provide support for social enterprises and the promotion of the creative sector regionally.

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Core Business Design offers the following business development services
Consultancy Services

Employ our creative and educated professionals for business or industry growth.

Service Design

Good service design leads to better profits and communities. We design and develop services.

Business Development

We can help your business develop through the use of creative thinking and business knowledge.

Branding & Marketing

Branding design solutions for unique organisations who care about who the are and what they stand for.

Graphic & Print

Supporting our clients marketing and communications with print and design services.

Web & Media Design

Web design and all digital and social media services for private and public sector.

Product Development

From product design, packaging, marketing and branding we help revitalise or create new products.

Architecture

Interior and exterior architectural design, lighting and execution for simple or unique projects.

Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a great partnership.

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Examples of Our Work

Check out some the design and digital programmes we have been involved in over our 25 years in the creative industries.

TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION

Working with South West partners and Somerset County Council we helped develop a three year technology adoption, digital skills, and business advice service for the county of Somerset, and delivered front-line services.

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Using design and innovation EU funding we created a 'sustainable design' programme for designers culminating to a national conference, workshops and more. Partners included universities, businesses, gov and trade agencies.

BUSINESS INNOVATION

Supporting Plymouth University and Somerset County Council we delivered business innovation programmes and business workshops for regional businesses. All sectors shown how innovation culture can be used.

DIGITAL LEADERSHIP

Utilising business networks we created a new set of short networking meetings and workshops for the design community. Creating new dialogue between business providers and agencies to develop leadership in the sector.

DESIGN NETWORKS

In 2005 we help create the first design network in the South West and from that came county and regional based networks. These networks obtained funding to deliver design business support services throughout the region.

RESEARCH NEEDS

Along with Creative Innovation Centre we were commissioned to develop a new digital network for Taunton Deane and research needs of the creative industries. This was used to inform policy and creative industries investment.