Author: Lauren Hockney

thebigword secures new contract with Surrey and Borders NHS Trust

Global language technology company, thebigword, has secured a new contract with Surrey and Borders NHS Trust to support with a range of language services. Surrey and Borders Partnership is a leading provider of health and social care services for people with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire and drug and alcohol…

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thebigword Group featured in CSA Research’s Insight from CEOs

Throughout the worst health and economic crises in modern history, CSA Research have been sharing aggregate feedback from multiple constituents, including 193 CEOs from their global rankings. Midway through the pandemic, they asked members of the Leadership Councils to share what they’re thinking about their next steps in business and recently checked back in so hear their…

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Telephone Interpreting: Why language is no longer a barrier for communication

Why interpretation? As globalization and digital revolution opens up more countries, economies and individuals to the rest of the world, interpreting and related language services count vital for proper communication and understanding across the globe, clearing the roadblock of lingual diversity. Regardless of whether there’s a need to communicate with patients, business partners or clients,…

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thebigword to host thebigleaders event for Public Sector clients

Global language technology company, thebigword, is hosting their first virtual thebigleaders event specifically for Public Sector clients and prospects in Europe. As a global company with a large variety of regulated clients across the world, thebigword will facilitate peer to peer discussion and encourage a community collaboration across with industry experts across Europe. The virtual…

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How can thebigword help break communication barriers with British Sign Language?

Sign Language is a visual means of communication, which can be identified using gestures, facial expressions and body language. In the UK, British Sign Language (BSL) is officially recognised as the second widest used language after English. BSL follows its own grammatical structure and syntax, which is not dependent on spoken English language. It is…

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thebigword balances its carbon footprint

Global language service provider, thebigword, has collaborated with Forest Carbon to take action on their UK Carbon Footprint. Awareness of climate change around the globe is undoubtedly increasing and many businesses are making positive changes to become more eco-friendly through a number of important initiatives, such as becoming carbon neutral. thebigword Group has an ambitious…

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thebigword successfully hosts first virtual ‘thebigleaders’ event

Global language technology company, thebigword Group, celebrates success after hosting their first virtual thebigleaders event last Thursday. thebigleaders is a community of language leaders, joining forces at a series of events and forums. Having previously hosted the events in person in London, California and Portugal this is the first time the event has been broadcast…

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Fake interpreters will be caught – Leicester Police and thebigword collaborate

Chief Constable Simon Cole who leads on Interpreter Services nationally for the police, is today making sure that those criminals who pretend to be interpreters know that they will be caught and be dealt with. Highlighting recent national cases where fraudsters have been caught red-handed and the subsequent changes in policy to bring in tighter…

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thebigword offers telephone interpreting services to Yorkshire Water

Global language technology company thebigword Group has secured a telephone interpreting contract with Yorkshire Water. Yorkshire Water is one of the largest regulated water and wastewater companies in the UK, supplying five million domestic customers in 2.1million properties and 140,000 business premises. The people within the Yorkshire County rely on Yorkshire Water for their basic health needs and lifestyles.…

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thebigword Group awarded an impressive new contract with the North West Police

The award includes seven police forces: Greater Manchester Police, Lancashire Constabulary, Merseyside Police, Cumbria Constabulary, North Wales Police, Cheshire Constabulary and Counter-Terrorism Policing. thebigword has been helping connect the Police to linguists to enable discussion with Limited English speakers. thebigword’s network of linguists is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide…

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