10 QUESTIONS
10 QUESTIONS WITH… Q6
What’s the first thing you’d buy if you won
the lottery? A house with land and while I was waiting for legals to go through, I’d go on a three-week holiday with my full family to Hawaii.
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What was your first job? I had a car washing
business between the ages of 12 and 15 years old.
How did you get into the industry?
An idea came to me in the pub when I was 19 years old to import timber flooring from Poland and sell it direct to high-end residential clients.
What has been your proudest moment?
The birth of my two boys Theo and William. Getting married to my best friend Sarah wasn't bad either.
If you could hire anyone to be part of your team,
who would it be and why? The American life and business strategist Tony Robbins. I think he could bring huge value and mindset shift to our team.
What’s the best advice you could give to
someone new coming into
the industry? Know your number inside out and never undervalue your true worth.
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If you could have a dinner party with any
three people, dead or alive, who
would you choose and why? I’d invite my dad as he died when I was three years old and I never really got to know him, my wife Sarah because we do everything together and Richard Branson to learn more about his business journey.www
What did you want to be when you were
growing up? I wanted to sell super cars such as Ferrari and Lamborghini.
What do you think the future holds for flooring?
With the current economic climate, I think we will see thinner and cheaper products, but the high-end market will come back once the economy recovers.
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Each issue, we ask a flooring industry professional 10 Questions. This month, we chatted to Tom Cockerill, director of training, mentoring and consultancy firm Cockerill & Co.
Dan Mitchell, regional sales
manager for the south at JHS Carpets, asks: “What flooring would you select for your own
home if money was no object?” I’d go for an over-sized prime chevron european oak floor with a 300mm plank border in a dark smoked colour with a platinum insert on the borders.
www.cockerillandco.co.uk
Check out next month’s issue to see what Tom asked our next industry professional.
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