Fitter of the Year - LVT - 2025 – The Finalists
We would like to introduce to you this year's finalists who will be taking part in the 2025 final at The Flooring Show in Harrogate on Sunday 21st and Monday 22nd September 2025. We wish all taking part good luck!
All entrants were initially required to complete a questionnaire. Twelve successful applicants from this stage advanced to take part in the practical trials, and from these trials, five contestants progressed to the Final. Please refer to the Competition Format page for an initial overview of the process.
Featured also on this page are our remaining semi-finalists who took part in the trials at the InstallerSHOW held at the Birmingham NEC during June 2025.
Our Finalists
My name is Hayden, I come from the Lake District in Cumbria. I started out in the flooring industry 16 years ago straight out of school, working with my dad. He enrolled me on the Floorskills apprenticeship scheme and has encouraged me to keep up with regular training ever since. In our shop we supply and fit all kinds of flooring from LVT to Naturals. The main part of my fitting over the last few years has been focused on LVT. I entered this competition to test myself against the best guys in the business and I'm humbled to have made it this far. I'd like to wish all the other finalists the best of luck and would encourage anyone considering entering to do it, it's a great experience and you will meet some brilliant people within the industry. Thank you to the NICF and all the sponsors for giving me this opportunity.
Hey I'm Wesley Brocklesby from Wakefield, West Yorkshire. I'm really happy to have made the finals, I have grown up in the flooring trade and part of the second generation running our successful family business, Brockson Carpets, in Ossett. For the past 8 years I've specialised in LVT installations and have attended a number of LVT training courses to learn new scribing techniques as well as the preparation knowledge to help get the best finish. I always critique my own work to help me be a better fitter. I can't wait for the finals to raise the bar again for myself. I wish the best of luck to the other finalists.
My name is Daniel Jones, I'm 55, married to my lovely wife Adele. I have 4 beautiful children. I have been in the flooring industry for 37 years. My main area of flooring is LVT and Vinyl. I'm employed by Oxford City Flooring who are a fantastic company to work for. My story began in 1988 when I walked into a careers office after leaving a job I hated. There was a job advertised for a "Floorlayer Improver". That was it! Applied, started on the next day and I'm still at it. I love the trade and its characters. I've had the pleasure of meeting lots of people within the trade, all great people. I'm thrilled to make the finals at Harrogate this year. I would like to take the opportunity to wish all the finalists the very best. It's so nice to be amongst like-minded, top class installers.
I'm married to my beautiful wife of 3 years Charlotte to who we share 2 great children Liam and Jude. I've been in the industry for 25 years. Starting off working for the late Rod Naismith on British Home Stores doing LVT. After that, serving my time learning all aspects of flooring at Elvington Floorcraft in York. Now I own my company York Floor Design, and we focus on bespoke LVT. Since doing my mastercraftman accreditation and a Floorskills course on motifs it has awoken my passion for creating something no one else has and something truly bespoke for our customers. It is an honour to get to the final of this year's competition, all the best to everyone involved.
I'm truly thrilled to be here testing myself against some of the best in the industry, I just hope I can do myself, my family and those that trained me proud! Especially as this weekend is my 10th wedding anniversary!!! Best do well so I'm not in trouble with the wife. I live in a small village in Cornwall with my wife and 2 kids, who all share my love of all things rock and metal and a little bit out there. I started my flooring career with my dad at the age of 13, and after over 10 years doing council refurb work, I discovered LVT on twitter and was instantly inspired to improve myself. I went off to Floorskills and after a fair few courses (one taken by Dan Jones) I decided this competition was the next step. I wish all the competitors the best of luck, I can't wait to get at it with them.
We would like to take the opprotunity here to thank our remaining semi-finalists who haven't made the final, but who took part and playing a valued role in the 2025 competition.
