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Diane Cheesebrough, chief operating officer at technology-driven language solutions provider, thebigword, has been awarded the 2014 Women in Management Excellence Award. The Leeds-based business woman was presented the award by the Chartered Management Institute at the Queens Hotel in Leeds as part of their National Management and Leadership Awards. The award serves to recognise women…

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Hospedia, the leading provider of point of care systems for healthcare, has partnered with thebigword – a global, technology driven language solutions provider – to give patients and clinicians immediate access to interpreters directly at their bedside in 160 hospitals across the UK. To ensure that medical staff are able to communicate effectively with their…

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Leading linguist training provider, The International School of Linguists (ISL), has launched a new qualification for interpreters working in the public sector. The Level 4 Certificate in Community Interpreting has been specifically designed to equip linguists with the skills they need to work in the public sector. This new qualification effectively bridges the gap between…

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Staff at the Leeds headquarters of global business, thebigword, will be putting on their dancing shoes all in the aid of charity. On Tuesday 17th February, local Martin House Children’s Hospice fundraiser, Roger Fielding, will be treating thebigword staff to Argentine Tango taster sessions during their lunch break. As a parent who brings his son…

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thebigword – represented by CCO and Head of the US Business at thebigword, Joshua Gould – was one of a very select group of businesses invited to a reception in the presence of His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge in New York. Hosted by Her Majesty’s Consul General in New York, Danny Lopez, at…

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h3. h3. thebigword launches the world’s most secure Translation Management System, thebigword TMS h3. thebigword TMS will also save linguists time with projects delivered much faster than industry standard thebigword, a technology-enabled language company, today announces the launch of a brand new Translation  Management System (TMS) which promises to deliver benefits to both businesses and…

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h3. SMEs who want to export: Franglais won’t cut it, warns language solutions company British SMEs who want to export their goods and services abroad need to learn how to speak to foreigners better. As the Government kicks off National Export Week, Larry Gould, founder of one of the world’s largest language solution companies ‘thebigword’,…

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thebigword – the global, technology-enabled language solution provider – is supporting the British Military cultural advice and training for those travelling to Sierra Leone to combat the Ebola virus. thebigwords Defence, Justice and International Security division is providing a Sierra Leone national who is a teacher, speaker of Krio and a specialist in the region’s…

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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…

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Business Secretary Vince Cable has visited global technology-enabled language solution provider, thebigword, at its Leeds HQ. Dr Cable’s visit to Leeds coincided with the latest campaign to promote Apprenticeships and the next phase of the Apprenticeship Standards. During his visit, he toured thebigword global hub which manages worldwide language projects from 13 offices in 12 countries,…

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Rachel Reeves, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and MP for Leeds West, has visited the global HQ of technology-enabled language solution provider thebigword to see the company’s award-winning apprenticeship scheme in action. Rachel Reeves was joined by Lucinda Yeadon, Councillor for Kirkstall Ward and executive member for leisure and skills on Leeds…

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