UK worker final eight
The eight finalists in the UK Worker of the Year 2013 competition, sponsored Dickies and Suzuki GB, have been announced.

They are: Judi James – a farmer’s assistant from Dorset; Ray Burton – a site and watch manager from Nottingham; Mark Hughes – an electrician from Oxfordshire; Paul Dove – a heating engineer from Lincolnshire; Dean Gerstel – a roofer from Barnsley: Michael Hill – a panel beater from Devon; Ian Woolcott – a rescue and recovery manager from Bath and Wayne Timbrell – a HGV electrical technician from Somerset.
The winner will be announced during a gala evening at Reading’s Madejski Stadium on 18th October. The prize is the choice of a Suzuki Swift car or a Suzuki GSR 750 motorcycle.