19 August 2016 by Monidipa Fouzder
Courtroom interpreting
contract winner announces hiring spree
The Leeds-headquartered international language
services company set to take over from Capita to provide courtroom interpreting
in October is looking to hire more than 3,500 language experts.
Thebigword today announced that it has signed a
contract worth up to £120m to provide face-to-face and telephone interpreting
and translations to the Ministry of Justice from 31 October.
The business employs more than 550 people across 11
offices and says it already has 8,000 linguists.
Now that the contract has been signed, thebigword
says it will recruit more than 100 new support staff at its Leeds office and
more than 3,500 language experts.
Thebigword chief executive Larry Gould said
(pictured): ‘The MoJ decided to work with us because we have the experience,
infrastructure and word-class technology.
‘We already work with a range of large-scale public
sector organisations around the world and they know they can trust us to
deliver. This is a fantastic deal for thebigword and further cements our
position as the largest interpreting services provider in Europe.’
More than four years after the controversial
outsourcing of courtroom interpreting to a single contractor, new
arrangements will replace Capita Translation and Interpreting’s contract, which
expires on 30 October.
The contract for non-spoken language services has
reportedly been offered to Cambridge firm Clarion Interpreting Limited.
The contract for independent quality assurance has reportedly
been offered to The Language Shop, a business originally set up by the London
Borough of Newham.
Providing further details about its deal,
thebigword says it will deliver ‘dedicated online portals that seamlessly and
instantly connect linguists with clients needing language support’.
The contract also requires thebigword to develop a
trainee scheme in conjunction with the independent quality assurance supplier.
Gould said thebigword will continue to push for
contracts similar to its MoJ contract in the private and public sectors.
‘We are extremely proud of the work we do breaking
down language bariers around the world everyday and are now looking forward to
helping deliver justice in the UK,’ he added.
‘It’s also fantastic to be welcoming thousands more
skilled linguists to thebigword family.’
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