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Yorkshire-based Inspirational Speaker rewarded for delivering Happiness to local businesses\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Media Release: 10th<\/sup> November 2014<\/h4>\n

A Yorkshire-based inspirational speaker won the \u2018Guest Speaker of the Year\u2019 Award at The Network Foundation\u2019s \u2018South Yorkshire Business Awards<\/a>\u2019 on Friday.<\/p>\n

Frederika Roberts, The Happiness Speaker, was one of six nominees for the \u2018Guest Speaker of the Year\u2019 Award, having delivered her \u2018Recipe for Happiness\u2019 speech at The Network Foundation<\/a>\u2019s Sheffield Expo<\/a> in June this year.<\/p>\n

A wide variety of businesses attended the Awards dinner<\/a> on Friday, where winners were also announced in five other categories:\u00a0 Outstanding Business of the Year (RuggerEds<\/a>), Business Achievement of the Year (Relaxation Den<\/a>), Business Person of the Year (Jason Mace<\/a>, MD of Gala Tent Ltd<\/a>), Successful New Business (Infinity Digital<\/a>) and Excellence in Customer Service (oXyFire Media<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Awards were presented by Sheffield Councillor Sioned-Mair Richards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It was a pleasure to give out awards to such a variety of great local businesses at the South Yorkshire Business Awards and have the opportunity to chat to business owners about their achievements and ongoing plans.\u00a0 I wish all the winners every success in the future\u201d, said Councillor Richards.<\/p>\n

Frederika had previously won the \u2018Guest Speaker of the Year\u2019 Award in 2013. She said \u201cI am delighted to have been recognised for two consecutive years for doing what I love:\u00a0 sharing knowledge and experience to help businesses and individuals to flourish.\u00a0 My speaking career has, to date, allowed me to share simple and easy-to-implement tips on happiness in order to achieve greater success with business owners\/managers, with charity and public sector employees and with pupils in schools, amongst others.\u00a0 I am grateful to Becki Jones and Samantha Nicholson of The Network Foundation for inviting me to speak at their events and for organising the South Yorkshire Business Awards every year, and of course to everyone who has voted for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samantha Nicholson, Founder and CEO of The Network Foundation said “The South Yorkshire Business Awards are a great opportunity for us to celebrate the successes of our local businesses.\u00a0 We are lucky to get some great guest speakers delivering excellent and very useful business content to our meeting attendees throughout the year and the ‘Guest Speaker of the Year’ Award is our way of recognising the contribution these speakers make to our events.”<\/p>\n

The Network Foundation is a Sheffield-based not-for-profit organisation that runs regular networking events and a number of annual business Expos throughout the year.<\/p>\n

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Frederika is available for interview<\/strong><\/p>\n

For further information, contact Frederika Roberts, The Happiness Speaker, on <\/strong><\/p>\n

07984 80 66 51 or email fred@happiness-speaker.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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