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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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A UK businessman, whose company has been named as one of the best-performing businesses through the recession, has called for the coalition to reduce taxes on companies and working people during the second half of its term. Larry Gould is CEO of thebigword PLC, a language service company that carries out 1.5 million minutes of…
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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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The National Health Service Shared Business Service Commercial Procurement Solutions (NHS SBS CPS), which provides strategic procurement services for NHS Trusts has appointed thebigword, as sole supplier under Lot 6 Managed Services for its new Interpretation and Translation Framework. The two year initial term of the Framework Agreement will allow thebigword, the largest independent language services…
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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…
the Ministry of Defence has appointed thebigword to provide interpreters to support UK operations in Afghanistan. The three-year contract will cover the period of planned withdrawal of combat troops by NATO and handover to Afghan security forces. The interpreters will work under the leadership of UK Military Commanders and their role will be to accompany…
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thebigword, the world top-20 interpreting and translation company, has added a new technology offering to support its work with the National Health Service, Probation Trusts across the UK, and the Ministry of Defence. With the highest proportion of foreign nationals in the UK, London Probation Trust has become the first in the world to use…
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A new linguist booking system that will provide on-demand national coverage of qualified interpreters has been launched with the backing of thebigword, the world top-20 language services company. Called ‘Word Pie™’, the system is relevant to all organisations that use linguists but is expected to be of particular interest to the UK’s beleaguered justice system…
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In any given month, thebigword helps deliver babies, save lives, fight crime and protect borders. As a result, the world top-20 language services company is poised to double its public sector interpreting and translation revenue this year on the back of business wins in the UK and United States. Its success is based on delivering…
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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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The London Procurement Programme (LPP) has announced that it has appointed thebigword as the preferred supplier for the provision of Face to Face interpreters to 12 London NHS Trusts and purchasing consortia. The announcement of the Interpreter Framework is in addition to the Telephone Interpreting Agreement awarded by Buying Solutions to thebigword in July 2011.…
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thebigword has been awarded the contract to deliver Face to Face Interpreting for the UK Government’s Home Office. The four-year contract was awarded following a rigorous evaluation and is the first time that the Home Office has outsourced its Face to Face interpreting needs. thebigword, one of the world’s top 15 language services companies, already…
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