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thebigword will feature as part of The British Bid that will be promoted on BBC.COM the BBC’s commercial international-facing website. The British bid seeks to provide UK businesses with a platform to showcase their industry and provide opportunities for growth through overseas exports. With offices in 9 different countries thebigword is a British success story…
Here at thebigword we are getting into the festive spirit, and will be offering our clients the chance to receive exclusive promotions or freebie, each day during the countdown to Christmas Day. From December 1st clients will be able to access our interactive advent calendar daily. To find out what treat is on offer just…
ADS, the leading trade organisation representing the UK’s aerospace, defence, security and space sectors, has welcomed thebigword as a new member. The Leeds-based technology-enabled company is believed to be the largest language services provider among the 1,000-strong membership of the industry group. thebigword founded its defence division five years ago. It serves clients including NATO,…
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Global Language Service provider thebigword has announced ambitious plans to grow the business and enter the top 5 language companies in the world. The ability to deliver a quality service at speed is absolutely essential to this goal and so thebigword has invested £7million in technology over the last three years. The company has already…
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Global technology company Honeywell has again chosen to team up with language solutions provider thebigword. Honeywell works across a large number of industries to deliver innovative solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges including energy, safety, security. Thebigword has been a proud partner of Honeywell since 2011 supplying language solutions in 6 continents…
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Editing, proofreading and copyediting are often used interchangeably — but they’re not the same thing. To help clarify things, we have created this helpful guide to explain the difference. Editing Editing is the reviewing and changing of text to improve the flow and overall quality of the writing. An editor has the freedom to remove…
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Provider of translation and interpreting services thebigword has been awarded a major contract with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The large five-year framework contract means thebigword linguists will provide troops language support using a mix of local Afghan and US staff. The unique nature of NATO operations means all linguists are required to be…
Conventional wisdom has it that English has won the race to be the new “lingua-franca” for international business and communication. To some extent that’s right. English is by far the most widely spoken language in the world with over 400 million native speakers and an estimated 1.1 billion second language speakers spread over every continent,…
Global language services company thebigword has today signed the biggest interpreting contract in Europe – a deal worth up to £120m to provide face-to-face, telephone interpreting and translations to the Ministry of Justice in the UK. The international business, which employs more than 550 people from 11 offices around the world and already has 8,000…
Leeds-based thebigword, the global language services company, has won both the biggest interpreting contract in the UK ¬– a £120m, four-year contract to provide face-to-face and telephone interpreting to the Ministry of Justice – and the contract to provide translation and transcription services. The contracts can be extended for a further three one-year periods. Under…
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Global language services company thebigword has again won the contract to provide telephone and face to face interpreting and translation services to UK central government organisations including the DWP, Home Office, MoD, Probation, UK Border Force, NHS, HMRC, local authorities and emergency services of police, ambulance and fire. The contract is expected to create a…
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The growth of the UK-based global business is at the forefront of Cheesebrough’s remit and she is more than ready for the challenge ahead: h5. “thebigword is a dynamic and exciting business and I am thrilled to be part of the team that will continue to drive its growth. The incredible technology we are developing…
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