The seven finalists for the title of UK Worker of the Year have now been announced, as competition organisers, along with sponsors Dickies and Suzuki, move a significant step closer to selecting Britain’s number one worker for 2014 – from across the nation’s workforce.
Similar to last year, the finalists represent a wide range of professions and a wide geographical spread. They are: Andrew Fox-Hewitt – a firefighter from Newcastle; Louise Kathryn – a baker from Manchester; Chris Teale – a plumbing and heating engineer from Barnet; Francis Williams – a project engineer from Stropshire; Andrew Mitchinson – an auto valeter from Yorkshire; Jeremy Young – a landscape gardener and builder from Ceredigion and Mike Watton – a chef from Cornwall.
Judging day now awaits the lucky finalists, where they will all bid to become the fifth UK Worker of the Year winner. All seven finalists have been asked to attend Suzuki GB’s headquarters in Milton Keynes, where they will each in turn, be questioned by a panel of judges, much similar to a Dragon’s Den scenario. Each entrant will be asked a series of questions, giving them the ultimate chance to stake their claim for the title of UK Worker of the Year 2014.
Maurice Morton, Sales and Marketing Director at Dickies said: “The standard of entries has increased and has been noticeably stronger than in previous years. We received the highest number of entries this year and all of our seven finalists have a strong case to scoop this year’s prestigious title. It was obviously no small task to sift our way through the thousands of nominations we received. So it’s been a multi-stage process through which we gradually narrowed things down to the final seven.
The winner of the UK Worker of the Year 2014 competition will have the luxurious choice between a Suzuki S-Cross car, V-Strom 1000 motorcycle or an ATV Quad bike. Also, the winner, who will be presented their prize at Brands Hatch on the 18th October, will have a chance of securing an additional £100K in cash by predicting the outcome of one of the final races over the British Superbike finale weekend.
