14 May 2010

Midland’s Garden Office Winner Encourages People to Enter Awards

Last year Amanda Farren from Coventry, in West Midlands, had her working life completely changed when she won her very own Penthouse Garden Office worth £10k. With this week’s announcement that the 2010 Remote Worker AwardAmanda won a home office in the Remote Worker Awardss, in association with BT Business, is now open, Amanda encourages West Midlands people to enter.
Amanda entered the Remote Worker Awards after seeing such a fantastic range of prizes up for grabs, although she had never expected to get to the finals, let alone win such a high value prize.
Crushing the teenage mum stereotype, Amanda has challenged many people’s perceptions on young parents. Entering, and then going on to win an award, has made a huge impact on Amanda both personally and professionally, who has been given a much needed, confidence boost. 
Amanda struggled with her confidence, mainly down to her age, but now her win has transformed the way she perceives herself and has ensured her business continues to flourish.
Amanda said: "When I entered the Remote Worker Awards I never imagined I would win such a fantastic award and a life changing prize. I heard that I had made it through to the final whilst out of the house, and literally jumped up and down in the shopping centre. Everybody who works remotely in some form should definitely enter the 2010 awards.”
Amanda encourages everyone in The Midlands to enter and will be submitting nominations for some deserving remote workers she knows. This year someone will win an OfficePOD, which can be placed in an office, garden or pretty much any small space.

Award winning website, Remote Employment, Google’s No 1 job site for flexible and home based jobs, launched The Remote WorkeAmanda won a home office in the Remote Worker Awards r Awards in association with BT Business to highlight how home working and remote working benefits the British public and their working life.

Entries now open at www.remoteworkerawards.com.

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Notes to editors
The Remote Worker Awards highlight how remote and home working benefits the environment, business productivity and employees' quality of work life. For more information please contact:

Paula Wynne, Remote Worker Awards
Office: 0844 800 8355
Mobile: 077 8986 2746
Email: paula@remoteworkerawards.com

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Your Home Office
Ideally, you will have a spare room to create a home office. If not, a corner of another room, will be fine as long as you are not constantly distracted in the family fast lane. Set up your kitSet up your computer, files and phone to give you maximum comfort for long hours. Have enough plug points for PC, printer, phone, scanner, mobile charger, fax machine and answer phone. Even better get an all in once mod con to save on a jumble of cables and wires.

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Working Hours
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Goal scoring
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