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‘- a global, technology-enabled language solution provider – will be one of a powerful panel of speakers sharing their insights at the Institute of Export (IOE) workshop at Gresham College, London, October 21. “£48bn in revenue lost due to bad language?” will see Bernadette offering her insights into Professor James Foreman-Peck’s recent calculation that UK…
The multinational interpreting and translation company, thebigword, plans to create up to 3,000 more jobs for linguists this year. The company’s expansion within the Interpreting industry is currently running at 20 per cent per month in the United States. It is in part driven by American businesses limiting the effects of the homeland recession by selling goods and…
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thebigword, the global top-20 interpreting and translation company, has doubled the size of its West Coast operation following major business wins. The company, which has an established operation in New York, opened its San Francisco office just two years ago, servicing West Coast businesses, Government bodies and Silicon Valley technology clients. Business wins of more…
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thebigword recently got its hands dirty for the UK’s national business in the community scheme, Give and Gain Day 2011. On Friday 24th June, employee volunteers from thebigword were put to work on the Beeston Primary School project based in Leeds, with the aim of revitalising the school environment for pupils. Team leaders Sally Eaton…
h3. One of the country’s fastest-growing and most successful companies, has put out a call for workers aged 40 and above to fill more than 30 vacancies. thebigword is a multinational translation and interpreting company which provides language services to national governments and some of the world’s biggest companies. Recently named as one of The…
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This is the first year Leeds Met has offered the Enterprise Scholarship and it will be launching the scheme in February. There will be three candidates chosen after a rigorous selection process including a full business plan, a video of themselves describing their business idea and a pitch to a selected panel. thebigword is one…
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Research has shown that people at work that take smoking breaks are likely to be less stressed – so one company has sought to redress the balance by offering non-smokers ‘Sweet Moments’ as an alternative. When thebigword – the world’s 13th largest translation company – conducted research into the happiness of its staff, it found that…
thebigword, the largest independent translation and interpreting company in Northern Europe and 13th in the world, has enabled the men and women of 1 SCOTS Battalion based in Afghanistan to phone home for Christmas by providing each of them with a £5 phone card. In addition, throughout the week running up to Christmas, thebigword has…
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thebigword, the world top-12 translation and interpreting company, has announced 92 new jobs – both permanent and temporary – at its Leeds HQ after securing new business worth £12 million. New contracts across Europe, in the United States and with the UK Public Sector have created an urgent need for staff to work in its…
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h3. Corporate philanthropy has been allowed to wither during recession, says Stevies Gold Award winner The Wall Street CEO of the company that has won the Gold ‘Stevie’ American Business Award for Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year has called on U.S. companies to embrace the CSR approach. Joshua Gould, CEO and EVP of…
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h3. thebigword, the world’s 12th largest translation and interpreting company, is expanding its Defence, Justice and International Security (DJIS) Division. The Division, which already provides interpreters to support UK operations in Afghanistan, is heading for 200 per cent growth with a number of major contracts expected to start during the coming 12 months. The latest…
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Scrum Master and Agile Coach, Amy Thompson from world top-20 translation and interpreting company, thebigword has won the ‘Best Agile Coach or Mentor’ award at the Yoh UK Agile Awards. Amy, photographed at the Awards evening, who joined thebigword from Orange, beat off competition from 36 other entries to take back the award to thebigword’s…
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