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Larry Gould, founder and Executive Chairman of thebigword, has pledged full support to the #4sparks campaign to relocate Channel 4 from London to Leeds. He said the move would boost prosperity, support thousands of jobs outside the capital and produce programmes of greater scope, depth and quality. In a letter to the publicly owned broadcaster, Mr…
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Global Language solutions provider thebigword is looking forward to exhibiting at the 2017 Local Government Procurement expo in London this November. Founded in 1980, thebigword is a global provider of state-of-the-art translation, localisation and interpreting solutions in over 250 languages, delivered through specialist language technology. We have the industry knowledge, global experience, expert linguists and…
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Global Language solutions provider thebigword is excited to announce the launch of an innovative mobile phone app which is set to dramatically improve the linguist experience. Interpreters working with thebigword are extremely busy professionals working on very important assignments across the public sector, from supplying vital information to Doctors in emergency situations to helping to…
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Staff at thebigword in Leeds are celebrating the success of Tracey Howson who picked up two gold medals representing England at the IGSF world Kettlebell championships in Loutraki in Greece. Tracey who is the General Manager on a large public sector contract at thebigword picked up Gold medals in two disciplines; the Women’s veteran long…
Global language services provider thebigword has been included in a framework agreement to provide telephone interpreting services to a large range of public sector organisations in Northern Ireland including the Northern Ireland Civil Service, Education Authority and Northern Ireland Health and Social Care. The framework will run for the next two years with the possibility…
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The High Sheriff of West Yorkshire and his wife have visited the headquarters of thebigword to learn about the language company’s interpreting work for the Ministry of Justice. Dr Terry Bramall and his wife Liz met team members and had a demonstration of the technology responsible for fulfilling the £120m contract. thebigword provides face-to-face and…
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thebigword has promoted Mark Daley to the role of global operations director and board member. Mr Daley, 45, joined the language services provider as head of translation operations in August 2014. He has since taken responsibility for the group’s global translation, interpreting and human resource teams as operations director. Mr Daley played a key role…
Global language solutions provider thebigword has successfully retained its contract to provide interpreting Services for the Chelsea & Westminster NHS Trust and the Royal Marsden NHS Trust. The contract will see thebigword exclusively provide Interpretation Services for the next two years. Founder and CEO of thebigword Larry Gould said: “communicating with patients is an absolutely…
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Global Leeds-based translation and interpretation firm thebigword is celebrating after it was shortlisted for a prestigious national award and will compete with businesses from across the UK for the top prize. thebigword is nominated for Growing Business of the Year: Larger Company with a Turnover of £50m in the Amazon Growing Business Awards. thebigword employs…
Are women underrepresented in the board room? thebigword’s deputy chief executive, Diane Cheesebrough will tackle this issue in her keynote address at the forthcoming women on the board at York Science Park on October 5th. Organised by Paths and Progress and GlueTogether this event seeks to support women and organisations to address the imbalance in…
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Language services company thebigword has launched Music Fridays at its Leeds headquarters last week. Staff from across the business were invited to join an ‘open mic’ style event to raise money for St Gemma’s Hospice in Leeds. Colleagues showed fantastic support for the talented performers on stage and can look forward to regular Music Fridays…
As one of the biggest e-commerce companies in the North of England, thebigword is looking forward to this year’s eCommerce Show North. #eCSN17 will be the biggest ever UK gathering of eCommerce companies, vendors and suppliers held outside London. thebigword will be showcasing our market leading translation technology and building excitement surrounding our connector solutions…
