UK Gives Heads Up on USD 100m Translation and Interpreting Contract
UK’s ESPO announces a fresh public sector contract worth up to USD 100m for translation and interpreting services as previous framework contract nears expiry. Continue reading
Tag: Pearl Linguistics
The Slator 2019 Language Service Provider Index
The Slator 2019 Language Service Provider Index features the largest LSPs in a Leaders Index and the midfield in a Challengers Index. Continue reading
Slator’s Most Popular Language Industry Stories of 2017
Massive privacy breach at Translate.com, senior managers leaving TransPerfect in droves, RWS buying Moravia, Facebook launching neural machine translation, Pearl Linguistic going bust, and more... Continue reading
Scotland’s Pooling of Translation Buying Power Likely to Put Pressure on Prices
Large framework contracts for language services continue to gain popularity across the United Kingdom as Scotland aggregates public sector translation demand into a four-year contract. This is... Continue reading
Over 2,000 Creditors File Claims Against Bankrupt Pearl Linguistics
Language Services Associates, Clarion, Premium Linguistic Services, and other language service providers as well as 2,000 linguists file claims. Filing indicates no assets remain to pay out LSPs... Continue reading
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Pearl Bankruptcy Leaves Linguists and Clients Scrambling
Accounting firm PwC appointed liquidator of bankrupt Pearl Linguistics. Creditor meeting to be held March 17, 2017 in London. Union representative blames government cost-cutting, while others... Continue reading
Pearl Linguistics Files for Bankruptcy
Despite making it into several large framework contracts in 2016, London-based translation and interpretation provider Pearl Linguistics goes into liquidation. Competitors start taking over contracts. Continue reading
UK Health Service Announces Winners of GBP 100m Language Services Contract
UK’s NHS announces 14 winners of yet another major nationwide language services framework contract. Contract runs two years with Capita TI, LanguageLine, thebigword, and ONCALL Interpreters among... Continue reading
Nice Frame: UK Ups Value to GBP 120m in Framework Award
Very large framework agreements are the United Kingdom’s language service sourcing flavor du jour as contracting agency ESPO puts a GBP 120m figure on the value of a contract awarded to no less... Continue reading
Why 2 When You Can Have 12? UK Council Goes Multivendor
Perhaps heeding lessons learned about a single-vendor strategy on a national level, the Coventry City Council’s Procurement Team shifts gears and awards a single GBP 1.08m language services... Continue reading
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