18 May 2010

Welsh Woman Learns From Awards

Last year Sharon Bassett, from Pontybodkin in Flintshire, Wales was announced as a runner up in the Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, winning a study voucher worth £500, and with this week’s announcement that the 2010 is now open, Sharon encourages everyone who wants to work from home to enter.Sharon won a study voucher in the Home Worker Awards

After her win at the Remote Worker Awards, Sharon’s company, Enjoy-a-Ball, was also announced as the winner of a Flintshire Business Award (Women Into Business) and a Home Business Award (Home Office of the Year Award).


This success came as a direct result of entering the Remote Worker Awards. Sharon said: “I had read about the Flintshire Business Awards and the Home Business Awards, but had put the information to one side thinking that a small franchise wouldn’t be the sort of business they were looking for.  However, as soon as I returned from the Remote Worker Awards event, I dug the information out and managed to submit my entry very close to the deadlines.”


The Remote Worker Awards was a real confidence boost, and inspired by her positive experience, and the £500 Open University prize she received, Sharon has also invested further in her ambition to develop her writing skills. Alongside managing an award-winning business, she is now currently studying Creative Writing with The Open University and regularly contributes home business articles to websites.


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 now open at www.remoteworkerawards.com.

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17 May 2010

The Remote Worker Awards Sets Up Preston Mum In Business

Last year Sarah Walton, a local Mum, from Preston, Lancs, won the runner up prize in the prestigious Remote Worker Awards Ceremony and was offered the opportunity of running her own home based business.

Sarah’s background as a teacher, both in English and Drama for the last 15 years, has been a invaluable asset. Nigel Le Page, Director of the most popular after-school drama programme in the world, could not turn her away and so made the extremely generous decision to help Sarah start up her own Helen O’Grady Franchise.

Nigel was particularly interested in Sarah as he felt that with young children of her own, operating a business from home is a perfect solution as well as enabling her to spend valuable time with her family as they grow up.

With this week’s announcement of the 2010 Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, now open, Sarah said: “I feel so privileged that this offer came at the right time in my life. I have been able to do what I love and enjoy working under the Helen O'Grady Drama Academy network. It was a life changing moment for me."

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 honour champions of home working and remote working.

More details on the full list of winners of The Remote Worker Awards can be found at www.remoteworkerawards.com.

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16 May 2010

The Home Worker Award Gives Karen Wings To Travel

Last year Karen Reyburn, from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, was announced as the winner of The Home Worker Award and with this week’s announcement that the 2010 Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, is now open, Karen encourages everyone who wants to work from home to enter.Karen's boss gave her a trip to Auss after she won The Home Worker Award

Karen manages the European division of global organisation RAN ONE Europe entirely from home. Her motivation for entering this award was to let others see that life doesn’t have to revolve around a job location. 

As a result of winning this Award, Karen’s employer gave her the opportunity to travel a bit further afield, spending six weeks in Bali and Australia!

Karen said: “Winning this award has been a great reminder of the benefits of home working – to me, my employer, and the many others who have wondered just whether it’s possible to work profitably from home. As a result I had the privilege of spending three weeks in Bali and three weeks in Australia, meeting colleagues and distributors for our business whom I had previously only met virtually!”

Karen’s employer has always supported this option, and recent events reinforced their belief that it is the way to go. Whilst in Australia Karen was delayed for a week due to Iceland’s volcano, and thanks to their home working plan she lost absolutely no time. It didn’t even inconvenience the company, and she was able to work from Sydney in just the same way as she works from her home office in Scotland.


Karen meets global colleagues Karen believes that this is the beauty of flexible working – when things change in the environment, work doesn’t have to come to a standstill. She encourages anyone who is self-motivated and who hates traffic jams (or travel delays) to consider the option of working from home at least part time, if not full time and therefore enter The Remote Worker Awards.

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 now open at www.remoteworkerawards.com.

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15 May 2010

Surrey’s ‘Your Local Cinema’ Endorses The BT Home Business Award

Dean won the BT Home Business Award Last year Dean Rhodes-Brandon, who runs ‘Your Local Cinema’, from his home in Carshalton, Surrey, was announced as the winner of The BT Home Business Award and with this week’s announcement that the Award is now open, he encourages all home businesses to enter.

The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, attracted hundreds of entries across the UK from a wide range of home businesses and Dean was a clear winner for his determination to succeed despite the odds stacked against him.

Dean runs yourlocalcinema.com, a cinema-listings service for subtitled and audio-described (narrated) cinema releases and shows, for people with hearing or visual problems. Dean is profoundly deaf and corresponds almost entirely by email.

Dean said: “I was absolutely delighted that Your Local Cinema.com won The BT Home Business Award. It was fantastic to win and has really help to spread awareness of 'accessible' cinema, which makes a real difference to people with hearing or sight loss!"

Mick Hegarty, strategy and commercial director, BT Business said: “It is estimated that 3.5m people work from home and BT Business research shows that 55 per cent of the UK’s employees are working from home more often than they did before in the current climate. These awards highlight some of the best examples of how remote workers are helping the environment, increasing business productivity and improving quality of life. The commitment of these fantastic award winners coupled with technology that enables flexible working means that even more people can now work in this way and get more out of their working and home lives.”

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 now open at www.remoteworkerawards.com.

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The Remote Worker Awards Sets Up Young Warwickshire Woman In Business

Catherine Prout won a home based franchise worth £15k from The Remote Worker Awards Last year Catherine Prout from Warwick, in Warwickshire, had her life completely changed when she was crowned with The Helen O’Grady Special Award and the winner of her very own home based business worth £15k. With this week’s announcement of the 2010 Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business, now open, Catherine encourages the people of Warwickshire to enter.

Catherine’s commitment to teaching drama and her dedication, enthusiasm, confidence and experience led to the judges awarding her with a £15k drama-academy franchise.

She spent a week training in Bristol, which was filled with business management seminars and advice on when, where and how to book studios. Working through examples of each of the curriculum lessons Helen O'Grady has developed using their thirty years experience made Catherine appreciate how much had work had gone into every step of the lesson plans.

Catherine said: "When I won the award it was amazing and totally unexpected! My adventure is only beginning and with this amazing start Remote Employment and Helen O'Grady have given me, I cannot wait to discover what exciting things the future has in store for me!"
Catherine has been contacting schools, setting up administration and ordering publicity material. After booking her six studio spaces she started to advertise all around her local area. She wants to share the benefits in self-development, confidence and social skills that her new Helen O' Grady business can provide to her local community.
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 honour champions of home working and remote working.

Anyone can enter this Award at www.remoteworkerawards.com.

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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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13 May 2010

Claire Young Judges 2010 Remote Worker Awards

Following a highly successful inaugural awards in 2009, Remote Employment in association with BT Business, today launches The 2010 Remote Worker Awards. The Remote Worker Awards is delighted to welcome Claire Young from The Apprentice to the prestigious panel of judges.15th September 2009 Picture: Apprentice star Claire Young for WWW feature. PICTURE: MATTHEW PAGE

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 10 award categories will appeal to a wide variety of organisations applying flexible working practises plus millions of freelancers, contractors and home businesses across the country.

Claire will help judges Karen Darby, Richard Alvin, Debbie Bird and others to choose companies and individuals who champion this modern way of working.

Claire said: "I am delighted to be supporting The Remote Worker Awards! I am keen to highlight how remote and home working benefits and gives people a better quality work life."

Some of the highlights for this year will be:

Lucent Vision New Internet Business Award
This Award Category is open to anyone who is NOT in business and wants to start up a new internet business. Entrants are invited to submit ideas for a new website business or online ecommerce business. The winner will receive their own website worth £1,500 to start up and run an internet business from home. Read more details about The Lucent Vision New Internet Business Award.

The Microsoft Remote Worker Award
The Microsoft Remote Worker Award is for employees whose employers promote flexible working solutions with home working options or remote working. Read more details about The Microsoft Remote Worker Award.

The Arise Be Your Own Boss Award
Someone NOT working from home who wants to be their own boss will win a home based franchise from Snippets worth £10k and runners up will each be awarded a small business start up kit. Read more details about The Arise Be Your Own Boss Award.

Helen O' Grady Special Award
Entrants who want to use their teaching and drama skills to work interactively with children will win a £15k home based franchise from Helen O' Grady! Read more details about The Helen O' Grady Special Award.

The Babyworld Parentpreneur Award
The Babyworld Parentpreneur Award is open to businesses, large or small, that can show the most successful business and family combination. Read more details about The Babyworld Parentpreneur Award.


The BT Home Business Award
The BT Home Business Award Category is open to anyone running a home business, large or small, that can demonstrate how they promote flexible working solutions with home working options or remote working. Read more details about The BT Home Business Award.

The OfficePOD Award
The OfficePOD Award is for employees and employers who want to change the way they work and be involved with the next workplace generation. The winner will receive an OfficePOD for six months worth £5,5k. Read more details about The OfficePOD Award.

BlackBerry Remote Employer Award
The BlackBerry Remote Employer Award is for employers and companies that promote flexible working solutions with home working options or remote working. Also open to companies planning to implement a remote workforce. Read more details about The BlackBerry Remote Employer Award.

A full list of the other award categories can be found at www.remoteworkerawards.com.
Paula Wynne, organiser of the awards and co-founder of Remote Employment, a job site specialising in flexible, remote and home working, expects to unearth an abundance of inventive pioneers who champion flexibility with remote working solutions.

Paula said: “We are very excited to once again be hosting The Remote Worker Award, in association with BT Business. This year will prove to be another success with some fantastic prizes on offer.”

The Remote Worker Awards is open to all individuals and any company in the UK, regardless of size, industry sector or turnover.

Entries now open at www.remoteworkerawards.com.

For more information or any other enquiry about the Remote Worker Awards, call 0844 800 8355 or browse www.remoteworkerawards.com.

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How to set up a home office ...

Before you set up a work station at home, check out our Seven Top Tips on how to work from home:

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.

Pick your desk location
You should be able to see the door of the office from where you are sitting or at least more of your surroundings. Beware of facing the garden and the bird bath – too tempting to watch the world go by! A hard chair will give you backache so spend a little extra on a good one.

Working Hours
Working outside 'normal' working hours helps to balance your work and home life so don't feel guilty dashing off to take the lads to footie after school, as long as you get your work done. Catching up in the early morning or later in the evening works well, but also watch out for going OTT. Make sure you close down and walk away at some point or the family will go hungry.

Have a breather
No matter what kind of work you do or what home you do it in, you can go bonkers if you spend 24 hours a day at it. Get out, whenever you can, to clear your head and to see other people. Use lunch time as a good break to pop down to pick up groceries for dinner, step outside to feed the birds during your coffee break or walk the dog around the block to clear the cobwebs. This is also a great way to mull over a document or get inspiration for new ideas.

Keep in Touch
Have no fear that your social life at work comes to an end if you leave your office to work from home, in fact in some cases your relationship with your colleagues may improve. Email is instant but be careful of 'funnies' – they can eat up a huge chunk of time. Chat through business issues by phone and meet for a quick bite every now and then.

Goal scoring
Give yourself little goals and objectives and then reward yourself when they are complete. Make sure family and friends know your hours or days of working at home and stick to that. Don't be tempted to pop over for a coffee or cook a large meal. Give yourself this time as a reward for getting up early on a Monday to finish a long-winded report. Or if you score well with a new client take five to put your feet up before the school run. Whatever incentives work for you, use them to motivate yourself to balance your time around your other responsibilities.

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