KevinTaylor
Underfloor heating business development manager, Myson
Did you get into trouble at school?
Yes - a few times.
What was your first part-time job?
Strawberry picking.
What did you spend your first pay cheque on?
Family holiday.
What was your first full-time job?
Mobile exhibition and hospitality designer/ draughtsman.
What was the best piece of advice you have been given?
Always give yourself a get out.
What was your worst business mistake?
A geographical move in my twenties, I won’t say where, but hated it and left after three months.
What was your greatest business achievement?
Successfully running the largest nightclub in my county at the age of 26, and more than doubling its income after less than 12 months.
What car do your drive today and what does it say about you?
Toyota Avensis, it says I have a company car.
If you could have invented any product what would it have been?
Telephone - communication is key.
What do you most like about the flooring industry?
The team of people I work with coupled with the variety of my job and the constant learning process.
What do you least like about the industry?
The blame culture.
Name one change you would make to the industry.
Better policing of standards.
Which company in the flooring industry, other than your own, do you admire?
Timoleon.
Where should we have a flooring show?
National Self Build Centre.
Which single possession would you rescue if your house caught fire?
My Guitar.
Do you have any hobbies?
Acoustic guitar/ singing, DJing, golf, poker.
How do you relax?
Enjoy one of my hobbies or sometimes a film and glass of red..
What is your favourite tipple?
Brandy.
How many times a year do you take a holiday and what is your favourite destination?
Once - favourite destination is Ibiza.
What is your idea of heaven?
Hearing my daughter laugh and Sundays at Space, life doesn’t get any better than that.
What is your idea of hell? Not being able to provide for my family.
Which one record and book would you take to a desert island?
Record – Leftfield’s Leftism (Album ), and book - How to survive on a desert island.
Who would you like to be stuck in a lift with?
My better half - fun guaranteed.
If you could be anyone (living or dead, fictional or real) who would it be?
I wouldn’t want to be anyone else but if I had to choose Nikolas Tesla - the man was a genius.
Choose five words that describe yourself.
Loving ,loyal, musical, technical, competitive.
Any regrets?
A few.
What was your most embarrassing moment?
Falling off a diving board backwards onto concrete floor with a full class of people watching me - very embarrassing and very painful.
Any unfulfilled ambitions?
Yes, I am working on them.
If you had to choose another career what would it be?
Musician.
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