THERE is only a day left to vote in our Business Mother of the Year competition.

The Echo-backed category is one of three Langtry Manor Business Women awards that are open to the public vote.

Watch videos of the ten semi-finalists

The three applicants with the most votes will be invited to the Grand Award ceremony at the Langtry Manor Hotel in Bournemouth on May 17.

To vote by phone just call 0901 151 followed by the four digits under the finalist of your choice. For example if it was finalist 0519 you would like to vote for simply dial 0901 151 0519 To vote by text, just send your message to 80360 starting with BUSINESSMUM then leave a space, followed by the four digits under the finalist of your choice.

Calls cost no more than 51p per call from a BT Landline.

Calls from mobiles and some other networks may cost more. Texts cost 50p plus your normal operator text charge.

Telephone and text voting lines close 22/04/2012 at 23:59:59PM.

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All normal Daily Echo rules apply, available on request. In the event of a tie-break and independent panel of judges will choose the overall winner.

The top ten semi-finalists: Sandy Cristel code: 0519 Paula Giles code: 0520 Kate Johnson code: 0521 Carol Smith code: 0522 Liz Williams code: 0523 Chrissy Reglar code: 0524 Hayley Jones code: 0525 Dawn Cook code: 0526 Donna Blanche code: 0527 Ces Loftus code: 0528