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thebigword Celebrates Triple Finalist Success at the Yorkshire HR Awards 2025

thebigword is proud to announce that its exceptional HR team has been shortlisted across three prestigious categories at the 2025 Yorkshire Excellence in HR Awards, a celebration of the region’s most inspiring and impactful people professionals. The nominations highlight thebigword’s continued commitment to excellence in people management and workplace culture. The HR Team have been…

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thebigword raises money for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Charity through their NHS Big Tea Party!

On the 12th July, thebigword held their appropriately named Big Tea party in honour of the NHS’s 75th birthday. Our UK staff enthusiastically gathered at the Brainworks in Leeds, immersing themselves in an afternoon filled with delectable cakes, comforting cuppas, and a plethora of enjoyable activities. The event aimed to raise funds for the Calderdale…

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thebigword Closes Gender Pay Gap – Top 2 Pay quartiles lean towards women

Global Language Technology Company thebigword has continued to make great progress in closing the Gender Pay Gap for it’s UK Employees. In the two upper pay quartiles, the percentage split leans more towards women reflecting a strong representation of women in Leadership roles. Since last year, the proportion of females in the upper pay quartile…

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thebigword Group celebrates diversity on International Women’s Day

Today is International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Here at thebigword Group we value diversity and inclusion, and we are proud to have Women in senior roles across the business leading teams in Sales, Operations, and HR. We are proud to say that 56% of…

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Big News from thebigword

Larry Gould, Chairman of thebigword Group, announced today the appointment of Joshua Gould as group CEO. Larry Gould said: “2020 will be the 40th year since I founded the company and now is the time I believe to pass on the day to day running to the next generation. “The growth opportunities for thebigword are…

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Reclaiming the Word: ‘Sales’ – the Secret of Commercial Success

On September 4th 2019, global language service provider, thebigword, was ranked as the number 1 interpretation company in Europe, and number 4 worldwide, according to Nimdzi, an international language industry research agency. In the same month, Rachel Ali, Business Development Director at thebigword was awarded ‘Salesperson of the Year’ at the ATC Language Industry Awards.…

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Larry Gould Awarded for Distinguished Service

thebigword Group celebrates success as Founder and Chairman, Larry Gould, wins Eichner Award at the ATC Language Industry Summit. The Eichner award celebrates individuals who have not only made outstanding contributions to the professional language services industry, but who have served the industry, often above and beyond business capacity, driving the industry forward. The true…

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thebigword appoints new Global Chief Financial Officer

Following another record year for thebigword Group globally with revenue exceeding £85m for the first time; the language service provider is pushing ahead with its ambitious global growth strategy. A major step forward in the strategy was the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer, Hazel Griffiths, announced today. Ms Griffiths’ brings a wealth of…

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thebigword’s Business Development Director attends Tekom / tcworld Conference

thebigword’s Business Development Director, Nancy Hähnel, recently attended the tcworld conference in Germany to collaborate with other international providers in the software and services industry. The tcworld conference selected international speakers to discuss and present valuable information on content strategies, management of structured information, optimisation of translation and localisation processes, language technology, neural MT, as…

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THEBIGWORD GROUP LAUNCHES BRAND NEW SPACE TO SUPPORT GROWTH AND EXPANSION

thebigword Group has launched a brand new space in a former heartland of the first industrial revolution to support growth and expansion for thebigword Group. It will house the group’s technology business GTS (Gould Tech Solutions). thebrainworks is a converted warehouse with a brand new, modern design. It has exciting, innovative features for staff including…

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thebigword presents charity fundraiser award at Radio Aire Young Hero Awards

Global translation and interpretation provider thebigword took part in Radio Aire’s Young Hero Awards evening on Friday 26th October and presented the ‘Charity Fundraiser’ award. The company supports charities working in the communities where thebigword is located through their CSR programme. In Leeds, thebigword is supporting Radio Aire’s Cash for Kids in the run up to…

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