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Remote Worker Award Winners
* BT Home Business Award: Read Becci's winning home business story.
* Microsoft Remote Worker Award: Read Shirley's winning remote working story.
* Babyworld Parentpreneur Award: Read Amanda's winning parentpreneur story.
* Lexmark Home Worker Award:Read Andrea's winning home working story.
* Lucent Vision New Internet Business Award: Read Victoria's winning new internet business story.
* BlackBerry Remote Employer Award: Read Amanda's and Zircon's winning remote employer story.
* Helen O' Grady Special Award: Read Janine's winning Helen O'Grady story.
Founder of Remote Employment, Paula Wynne has used her experience to write about the daunting and complex world of setting up a website. Find out who should read this book.
You may want to learn more about workshop training courses with Paula where you will find out how to create a successful website.
Create A Successful Website is for anyone who wishes to create a website, from a simple hobby site to a full throttle online business.
This visual book guides the reader through:
* Research and planning
* Branding their website
* Content and how to get visitors coming back
* Ecommerce and revenue options
* Find a full list of chapters and more details about the book
Find out how you can win a website of your very own by checking out the details for Paula's Amazon Book Launch. You can buy the book on Amazon or get a signed copy from Paula.
Claire Young, from The Apprentice, Rachel Elnaugh from Dragon's Den and Caroline Marsh from Secret Millionaire have also praised Create A Successful Website. Read the reviews on this easy to understand and down to earth book!
Seven Londoners have been selected as Finalists in The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business.
Teresa Klasener, from Streatham and Elizabeth Harrin, North London, are competing for The PCG Freelance Award, while Wing Lee Chan, from Vauxhall, has hopes of winning The Arise Be Your Own Boss Award.
Elisa Roche from Pimlico competes against Elena Fishchenko from Norbury for The Lucent Vision New Internet Business Award, and Tabitha Potts who runs Mimimyne from Stepney has set her target on The Babyworld Parentpreneur Award. Michael McKerlie, from Ran One Europe, from Richmond, is gunning for The BlackBerry Remote Employer Award.
The Remote Worker Awards appealed to hundreds of eager entrants around the UK. Home workers, remote workers, freelance consultants, and wannabe entrepreneurs who dream of winning a new home based franchise and internet business, have all given inspiring accounts of why they should win this Award.
They now compete against other finalists at the winning ceremony, which will be held at The Grand Connaught Rooms in London.
Paula Wynne, organiser of the Awards, said: “One of the pleasures of organizing an awards programme is reading the variety of entries and choosing such deserving finalists.”
Award winning website, Remote Employment, Google’s No 1 job site for flexible and home based jobs, launched The Remote Worker Awards in association with BT Business to highlight how home working and remote working benefits the British public and their working life.
More information can be found at www.remoteworkerawards.com
Four local freelancing women have been selected as Finalists in The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business.
Emma Cossey and Rahel Peirce both from Reading, Berkshire are competing against Jane Rimmer from Binfield, and Billie Wootton from Bracknell for the title of PCG Freelancer Award, which highlighted freelancing as a lucrative and rewarding career.
The Remote Worker Awards appealed to hundreds of eager entrants around the UK. Home workers, remote workers, freelance consultants, and wannabe entrepreneurs who dream of winning a new home based franchise and internet business, have all given inspiring accounts of why they should win this Award.
There has been a range of skills with enterprising individuals, who have forged a career for themselves using their expertise in consultation to help other businesses grow. They have show the judges reasons to choose them as the most engaging freelance consultancy.
The Finalists Are:
Emma Cossey, Reading
Emma Cossey became a freelancer in April 2009, and has since managed to take on a variety of roles simultaneously, including social media consultant for Chocolates for Chocoholics, production assistant for Miramus (dealing with clients like AOL and Aigua Media) and writer for an assortment of popular blogs and websites.
Rahel Takle-Peirce, Reading
Rahel Takle-Peirce has been creating specific abstract designs over 20 years to bring inspiration and beauty spontaneously using her historical culture of Ethiopia. Her unique intricate art reflects years of international influence including work in psychiatry. She is able to capture the spirit of the individual using inherent emotional colours.
Jane Rimmer, Binfield
As an IT industry marketing veteran, Jane decided to set up a marketing consultancy business that would enable her to maintain a better work life balance and remain at the forefront of new technology innovation. She has achieved both and has gained a bevy of clients over the past five years.
Billie Wootton, Bracknell
Billie Wootton is a Graphic Designer who works with companies to give them a consistent and quality identity throughout their corporate literature. Working freelance enables her to tailor her services to suit her client, providing design services for those that don't have an in house team. Her passion lies within creatively translating their message into visual communication.
They now compete against other finalists at the winning ceremony, which will be held at The Grand Connaught Rooms in London.
Award winning website, Remote Employment, Google’s No 1 job site for flexible and home based jobs, launched The Remote Worker Awards in association with BT Business to highlight how home working and remote working benefits the British public and their working life.
More information can be found at www.remoteworkerawards.com
Seven companies that promote flexible working solutions with a remote workforce, have been selected as Finalists in The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business.
The BlackBerry Remote Employer Award, is aimed at identifying and honouring budding enterprisers who have proved how home working and remote working has made a beneficial impact on their business.
The Awards are unique as the only business awards recognising employers for their flexible working solutions and employees for showing that remote and home based working can improve business productivity, improve work life balance and help the environment.
The Finalists Are:
Amanda Potter, Zircon Management Consulting, Coulsdon, Surrey
Andrew Mills, AltruWorld, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Rachel Newell, Max Resourcing, Newark, Notts
Michael McKerlie, RAN ONE Europe, Richmond On Thames, London
Jo Victoria Russell, Institute of Payroll Professionals, Solihull, West Midlands
Tracy Light, TJL Marketing, Harpenden, Herts
Jayne Smith, Document Direct, Liverpool, Merseyside
They all now compete against other finalists at the winning ceremony, which will be held at The Grand Connaught Rooms in London.
Award winning website, Remote Employment, Google’s No 1 job site for flexible and home based jobs, launched The Remote Worker Awards in association with BT Business to highlight how home working and remote working benefits the British public and their working life.
Shortlist Summary
Zircon is an entrepreneurial Business Psychology Company specialising in Talent Assessment, Development, Coaching and Engagement Consulting. Established in 2000 by Amanda Potter, Zircon draws their expertise from a team of 140 remote consultants to deliver creative solutions for their clients. Amanda’s choice to run Zircon as a remote business was three-fold: Cost, Environment and Lifestyle.
AltruWorld is a unique web-based ‘Business Dating Agency’ that matches businesses with customers - according to their needs, ethics and service quality. Businesses receive enquiries anonymously, making large savings on marketing costs, giving businesses the advantage of controlling any uptake without losing face. Customers also benefit by restricting who contacts them.
Providing a tailored recruitment consultancy service, Max Resourcing supports customers and candidates throughout Europe equally, by being flexible and available at a time which works best for both parties, in order to bring the opportunity and talent together.
RAN ONE is an international network of accountants and advisors who enjoy more lucrative and rewarding practices by helping their business clients achieve greater success. They design and develop world-class resources that enable members (and their clients) to enhance what RAN ONE calls “professional wellbeing”: the synergy of work, people, money, and life.
The IPP is the only professional body for individuals working in payroll in the UK and represents more than 5,000 members. Founded in 1985, the Institute is the single largest provider of part-time, professional payroll and pension education. Its aim is to achieve chartered status so that people in payroll are given the same recognition consistent with other professional occupations.
TJL Marketing allows highly skilled professionals the chance to work in an exciting and challenging industry without the constraints of a 9 to 5 day. The TJL team are loyal, passionate and committed to Tracy Light, the founder, who has developed her business model with flexibility at its core.
Document Direct is a 100% remote service business. They are an outsource typing agency giving their clients access to a team of remote secretaries 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Their secretaries work from the comfort of their own homes and choose their own hours of work to suit their lifestyle.
More information can be found at www.remoteworkerawards.com
Seven companies that promote flexible working solutions with a remote workforce, have been selected as Finalists in The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business.
The BlackBerry Remote Employer Award, is aimed at identifying and honouring budding enterprisers who have proved how home working and remote working has made a beneficial impact on their business.
The Awards are unique as the only business awards recognising employers for their flexible working solutions and employees for showing that remote and home based working can improve business productivity, improve work life balance and help the environment.
The Finalists Are:
Amanda Potter, Zircon Management Consulting, Coulsdon, Surrey
Andrew Mills, AltruWorld, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Rachel Newell, Max Resourcing, Newark, Notts
Michael McKerlie, RAN ONE Europe, Richmond On Thames, London
Jo Victoria Russell, Institute of Payroll Professionals, Solihull, West Midlands
Tracy Light, TJL Marketing, Harpenden, Herts
Jayne Smith, Document Direct, Liverpool, Merseyside
They all now compete against other finalists at the winning ceremony, which will be held at The Grand Connaught Rooms in London.
Award winning website, Remote Employment, Google’s No 1 job site for flexible and home based jobs, launched The Remote Worker Awards in association with BT Business to highlight how home working and remote working benefits the British public and their working life.
Shortlist Summary
Zircon is an entrepreneurial Business Psychology Company specialising in Talent Assessment, Development, Coaching and Engagement Consulting. Established in 2000 by Amanda Potter, Zircon draws their expertise from a team of 140 remote consultants to deliver creative solutions for their clients. Amanda’s choice to run Zircon as a remote business was three-fold: Cost, Environment and Lifestyle.
AltruWorld is a unique web-based ‘Business Dating Agency’ that matches businesses with customers - according to their needs, ethics and service quality. Businesses receive enquiries anonymously, making large savings on marketing costs, giving businesses the advantage of controlling any uptake without losing face. Customers also benefit by restricting who contacts them.
Providing a tailored recruitment consultancy service, Max Resourcing supports customers and candidates throughout Europe equally, by being flexible and available at a time which works best for both parties, in order to bring the opportunity and talent together.
RAN ONE is an international network of accountants and advisors who enjoy more lucrative and rewarding practices by helping their business clients achieve greater success. They design and develop world-class resources that enable members (and their clients) to enhance what RAN ONE calls “professional wellbeing”: the synergy of work, people, money, and life.
The IPP is the only professional body for individuals working in payroll in the UK and represents more than 5,000 members. Founded in 1985, the Institute is the single largest provider of part-time, professional payroll and pension education. Its aim is to achieve chartered status so that people in payroll are given the same recognition consistent with other professional occupations.
TJL Marketing allows highly skilled professionals the chance to work in an exciting and challenging industry without the constraints of a 9 to 5 day. The TJL team are loyal, passionate and committed to Tracy Light, the founder, who has developed her business model with flexibility at its core.
Document Direct is a 100% remote service business. They are an outsource typing agency giving their clients access to a team of remote secretaries 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Their secretaries work from the comfort of their own homes and choose their own hours of work to suit their lifestyle.
More information can be found at www.remoteworkerawards.com
Woman and Home were looking for women, aged between 36 and 55, who would love to change their jobs and would like to go for some 'grown up' work experience in the job of their dreams.
Well! Remember the days as a kid when you counted sleeps before a special outing? and then you couldn’t sleep before the big day? You wouldn’t expect that to happen in your 40s, but there I was counting sleeps a few days before visiting BBC Radio Berkshire for my Woman and Home Career Change work experience. And like the kid, I couldn’t sleep with excitement the night before. Learning the ropes and with special access being privy to the vital ‘behind the scenes’ action of Berkshire’s favourite radio station. And in particular, broadcasting legend Anne Diamond and ‘helping her’ with her show.
Okay, I couldn’t possibly help as it would all be too much to absorb on my first day, but I fancied I was about to play a vital role!
Did I cut it?
Here’s the verdict:
THE PRODUCER
It fascinated me how John had to be ‘fast’ on his feet., be a quick thinker and have contingency plans to hand in case of phone callers rambling on. He sailed through the show and even came up trumps when a guest, McKenzie, mentioned that his inspiration for his latest comedian shows at Edinburgh Festival came from a U2 song. In seconds John had the track and we were all stunned and, admittedly, a little in awe at how fast he found the track and replaced it with the planned song. Smooth player John, well done!
THE PRESENTER
Anne oozes charm from every pore. She has such a beautiful speaking voice its no wonder she commands 100s of 1000s of listeners across Berkshire. I enjoyed watching Ann and John’s silent communication while on air with ‘eye-talk’ and sign language. I quickly realised how integral the role is between producer and presenter and what great synergy they displayed. Anyone wanting to follow a career as a radio presenter would certainly need to have a broad knowledge of news in general, a deep understanding and affinity with local culture and a cool, calm head for live on air conversations.
BROADCAST ASSISTANTS
Behind the ‘behind the scenes’ assistants also keep up the hectic pace of radio life as they handle callers, phone ins, contact experts for topic opinions and so much more. Too much to mention here.
So, all in day, my day started with no sleep from the sheer exhilaration of grown up work experience and ended that way too. This time it was all the thoughts of the day buzzing through my head. Needless to say it took me days to come down from my Radio Cloud!
Check out the September issue of Woman and Home, on sale now (August).
What a delightful day we had yesterday. One of those rare days when you can escape the home office and have loads of serious fun.
We were filming a few video clips for The Remote Worker Awards with Procom (www.procom.uk.com). An early start at 5am saw us heading south. We arrived at Wisborough Green in West Sussex to meet Becci Coombes from Girls Travel Club, whose family has a lovely leafy property surrounded by fields and woodlands.
Here we filmed Becci working from her mul
Becci runs a glass making business in the bunker, she is writing a travel book in the caravan and she runs her Girls Travel Club (www.girlstravelclub.co.uk) in the log cabin. Talented lady! 
It was so peaceful being surrounded by so much greenery and so many different places to work, I was inspired to write a blog about ‘what’s the view from your office window’ so watch out for that coming soon. We are also hoping to get some media coverage about this topic to see how other people are inspired by the view from their window.
Becci has entered the BT Home Business Award and is proud that not one, but four home businesses are run from her families home!
Next we stopped at Hove and met up with Karen Moran who also runs a family business from home.
We were welco
med by her energetic 2 year old pup who scampered up the garden to show us Karen’s ‘shed’ - I envy her garden ‘shed’ so much I have to have one! Karen’s husband started building it as a shed, but it soon became more than that with glass sheets to show off the view.
The shed quickly became the families bolt-hole, where they all escape for private solitude, productive, quality work time, me time, to muse or simply just chill and daydream.
Built from wood and sheets of glass, it overlooks a large mature garden surrounded by lovely plants and trees and conjures images of holiday in the sun. As a
If you stand on your tip toes you can see the sea. I’m not sure how 
Karen has entered both The BT Home Business Award and The OfficePOD Award. Her employees will also be entering The Microsoft Remote Worker Award and The Lexmark Home Worker Award as everyone in her business work remotely or work from home.
Communications expert Karen and Oxbow Media (www.oxboxmedia.co.uk) ensure every aspect of design and marketing gives your company an identity.
Karen invited the crew to her beach hut and introduced us to another ‘room with a view’ as Ken experienced the ultimate in remote working as he tip tapped away on his laptop beside the sea. He too wouldn’t get much done with that stunning view!
Lastly, at the end of a long ol’ day, we were entertained by Rosie’s drama kids of The Sussex Helen O’ Grady Drama Academy.
This little group ha
With only two weeks of practise for their play - about two naughty foxes who steal a farmer’s chickens – the class was surprisingly already well versed and knew their lines.
We hope their play will show potential entrants to The Helen O' Grady Special Award what a rewarding job teaching children drama can be.
And all they have to do is enter the award to win their own home based franchise worth £15k!
What fun! I could do this every day … okay, maybe not every day, but more than the odd occasion would do.
Special thanks to the guys at OfficePOD, Becci, Karen and Rosie for welcoming our motley film crew and being such perfect hosts!
But the star of the show was Alec Hall-Shaw from Procom who did a brilliant job filming all the reels of ideas, fue
Amazing!
Alec’s patience and calm demeanour is just what you need when you are trying to shoot several clips across a 300 mile round trip.
Despite bumpy roads, beating country tracks, going aerial over a hump back bridge and several devours we still made the final destination just in the nick of time thanks to Ken’s skill at being a rally driver.
If none of that ruffled Alec’s feathers, I wonder what would?
We couldn’t recommend Alec highly enough for all types of vi
Please give Alec a call if you need any video shoots.
Watch out for our video log on You Tube, due to be uploaded later this week. See all the images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulawynne/
Time is running out for wannabe home workers across the UK to win thousands of pounds in prizes, from a website build worth £1,500, a business start up community magazine worth £10k, to a drama academy franchise worth £15k!
The clock is ticking towards the closing date of the Remote Worker Awards, entries have to be in by the 30th July to win one of these valuable prizes.
With just over one week to go until nominations for the Remote Worker Awards close, Brits can still squeeze in a quick entry and have their dreams of running their own business realised.
Entry couldn't be easier, simply select an award category and answer three simple questions about themselves, their working life and why they should win.
The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, has been organised by Remote Employment, a job site specialising in flexible, remote and home working. Paula Wynne, organiser said: “Last year it was very exciting to watch people’s live change with these incredible prizes, so we are looking forward to doing the same again this year! We also had home businesses so inspired by being a finalist that they have gone on to win other business awards and seen their business grow.”
There are nine Award categories where winners will walk away with £50k in prizes, and these include remote workers, home workers, freelance consultants, people who want to be their own boss and corporate employers who want to show off their winning remote working policy.
Enter before 30th July at www.remoteworkerawards.com.
Four London women have been selected as Semi Finalists in The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business. Elisa Roche, from London, is aiming for The Lucent Vision New Internet Business Award and hopes to win her own website build. Freelancers, Teresa Klasener, from Streatham and Elizabeth Harrin, from London, are competing for The PCG Freelancer Award, while Jo Fazel, who runs a home business from Acton, hopes to win The BT Home Business Award.
The Remote Worker Awards has already appealed to hundreds of eager entrants around the UK. Home workers, remote workers, freelance consultants and actors-turned-teachers who aim to win their own drama academy, as well as wannabe entrepreneurs who dream of winning a new home based franchise worth £10k or internet business worth £2k, have all given inspiring accounts of why they should win their Award.
The four women will now go towards the finals in August before the winning ceremony, which will be held at The Grand Connaught Rooms in London where high profile guests Karen Darby and Claire Young will present prizes.
Elisa, Showbusiness Editor of the Daily Express, just off a plane from abroad, was also delighted with her news and said: “I’m very excited to be nominated and hope to prove that, in the future, everyone will be able to work more flexibly.
“The traditional office environment has its many benefits and will always have its place. But there’s no doubt that remote working can help busy women strike a better work/ life balance.”
Teresa said: “Wow! That's absolutely fantastic! I've never been a semi finalist in anything before, so it feels great and I feel valued! Brilliant!”
While Jo was speechless, Elizabeth was jumping for joy: “I'm delighted to be a semi-finalist in the awards! It's a great opportunity and I hope it shows that freelancing and having a portfolio career are real possibilities for women today. I'm so pleased and crossing my fingers!”
Award winning website, Remote Employment, Google’s No 1 job site for flexible and home based jobs, launched The Remote Worker Awards in association with BT Business to highlight how home working and remote working benefits the British public and their working life.
Entries close on the 31st July – enter at www.remoteworkerawards.com
Hi there
FreshIdeas Events and Paula Wynne are delighted to invite you to find out how to achieve high rank with strategic keyword placement and beat your competitors to become Google’s No.1.
This non-technical user-friendly workshop is intended for start ups, new business owners and managers of smaller businesses who want to improve website visibility in order to become Google’s no 1. It is suitable for businesses that have not yet ventured into SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and for those who already have a SEO strategy and want to give their website’s search engine optimisation a boost.
Our expert, Paula Wynne, online entrepreneur and business author, shares her experience on how to find keywords and use them effectively to optimize your website, become Google’s No. 1 for those keywords and increase traffic to your site.
Limited places available so book now to avoid disappointment!
What will be covered? 
Having completed this workshop, you will be ready to manage your own content, maximise the effectiveness of your website and be conversant with a cheap and effective way to market your business and generate new leads - all by doing it yourself.
Date: Wednesday 21st July - 3.30pm - 7.30pm
Location: HSBC Private Bank, St. James's Street, London, SW1A 1JB nearest tube Green Park
Trainer - Paula Wynne 
After a career as a publicist and marketer, Paula Wynne is now an award-winning businesswoman, online entrepreneur and author. Paula used SEO to fight through the hardest keywords in the world - working from home - and helped Remote Employment to become Google's No. 1 Worldwide for home based jobs, flexible jobs and working from home.
Paula speaks regularly on the subject and has also written Create A Successful Website. Paula’s second book, Pimp My Site, follows soon after and is a visual toolkit to optimizing, promoting and marketing a website.
Paula and her mentor, Karen Darby were the overall winners of the FreshIdeas Mentor Competition in 2009.
Limited places available so book now to avoid disappointment!
We look forward to seeing you at this SEO workshop.
The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, is giving you the chance to start your own home business with start up prizes to the value of more than £10k in The Arise Be Your Own Boss Award.
This 'life changing' competition is open to everyone and so easy to win! Not one, but several entrants will be given the opportunity to work from home by winning a home business with the main prize being a community newspaper from The Snippet worth £10k! 
All for answering three easy questions and showing why you should win this fantastic Award. Entrants will be asked to show why you should win and be your own boss with your own home based franchise. So check out our cool new Awards videos on You Tube!
Anyone who doesn’t win is of course invited to work from home with a home based customer service professional with Arise as another ideal solution for working parents. Arise enable people to work at home and establish their own 'Virtual Services Corporation', which is then linked through their head office to deliver customer services to large companies, such as Shop Direct and Littlewoods. Their home workers choose their own hours to provide customer service, technical support and sales services via the phone, email and chat - all done from their home office.
Get your entries in now, semi finals to be selected next week - 5th July! Entries close on the 31st July - www.remoteworkerawards.com.
Please share this email with friends and family who may want to run their own home based community magazine from home. Or send them this link to see on Awards videos on You Tube!
What a delightful day we had yesterday. One of those rare days when you can escape the home office and have loads of serious fun.
We were filming a few video clips for The Remote Worker Awards with Procom (www.procom.uk.com). An early start at 5am saw us heading up to London to shoot an OfficePOD in Kings Cross for The OfficePOD Award.
The POD is ideal for working from home, a home office extension or a break out room in an office location. We found it be roomier and more spacious than we thought with the full glass windows sending in shafts of natural light.
Heading South, we arrived at Wisborough Green in West Sussex to meet Becci Coombes from Girls Travel Club, whose family has a lovely leafy property surrounded by fields and woodlands.
Here we filmed Becci working from her multiple home offices – a caravan embedded amongst the trees, a log cabin surrounded by trees thriving with bird life and the quaintest, yet leaky World War Anderson Shelter almost taken over by creepers, tendrils of ivy and families of moss and eggs incubating beside her kiln oven.
Becci runs a glass making business in the bunker, she is writing a travel book in the caravan and she runs her Girls Travel Club (www.girlstravelclub.co.uk) in the log cabin. Talented lady!
It was so peaceful being surrounded by so much greenery and so many different places to work, I was inspired to write a blog about ‘what’s the view from your office window’ so watch out for that coming soon. We are also hoping to get some media coverage about this topic to see how other people are inspired by the view from their window.
Becci has entered the BT Home Business Award and is proud that not one, but four home businesses are run from her families home!
Next we stopped at Hove and met up with Karen Moran who also runs a family business from home.
We were welcomed by her energetic 2 year old pup who scampered up the garden to show us Karen’s ‘shed’ - I envy her garden ‘shed’ so much I have to have one! Karen’s husband started building it as a shed, but it soon became more than that with glass sheets to show off the view.
The shed quickly became the families bolt-hole, where they all escape for private solitude, productive, quality work time, me time, to muse or simply just chill and daydream.
Built from wood and sheets of glass, it overlooks a large mature garden surrounded by lovely plants and trees and conjures images of holiday in the sun. As a
If you stand on your tip toes you can see the sea. I’m not sure how
Karen has entered both The BT Home Business Award and The OfficePOD Award. Her employees will also be entering The Microsoft Remote Worker Award and The Lexmark Home Worker Award as everyone in her business work remotely or work from home.
Communications expert Karen and Oxbow Media (www.oxboxmedia.co.uk) ensure every aspect of design and marketing gives your company an identity.
Karen invited the crew to her beach hut and introduced us to another ‘room with a view’ as Ken experienced the ultimate in remote working as he tip tapped away on his laptop beside the sea. He too wouldn’t get much done with that stunning view!
Lastly, at the end of a long ol’ day, we were entertained by Rosie’s drama kids of The Sussex Helen O’ Grady Drama Academy.
This little group ha
With only two weeks of practise for their play - about two naughty foxes who steal a farmer’s chickens – the class was surprisingly already well versed and knew their lines.
We hope their play will show potential entrants to The Helen O' Grady Special Award what a rewarding job teaching children drama can be.
And all they have to do is enter the award to win their own home based franchise worth £15k!
What fun! I could do this every day … okay, maybe not every day, but more than the odd occasion would do.
Special thanks to the guys at OfficePOD, Becci, Karen and Rosie for welcoming our motley film crew and being such perfect hosts!
But the star of the show was Alec Hall-Shaw from Procom who did a brilliant job filming all the reels of ideas, fue
Amazing!
Alec’s patience and calm demeanour is just what you need when you are trying to shoot several clips across a 300 mile round trip.
Despite bumpy roads, beating country tracks, going aerial over a hump back bridge and several devours we still made the final destination just in the nick of time thanks to Ken’s rally driving skills.
If none of that ruffled Alec’s feathers, I wonder what would?
We couldn’t recommend Alec highly enough for all types of vi
Please give Alec a call if you need any video shoots.
Watch out for our video log on You Tube, due to be uploaded later this week. See all the images at http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulawynne/
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