An entrepreneur from Nottingham has been crowned UK Worker of the Year for 2012, in the Dickies competition sponsored by SEAT to recognise and reward excellence in the British workforce.

UK Worker of the Year is now in its third year of seeking out, rewarding and promoting excellence in the British workforce.

Workwear company Dickies first started the awards as part of its commitment to the British market and the workers for whom the company provides quality, cost effective workwear.

Mayze said: “I am so surprised, I am just trying to take it all in. I love what I do and my products have the potential to save lives -accidents involving a buggy rolling away are so common in some countries that it is illegal not to have one.”