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The ATC’s public sector news puts you in the picture of what’s new, noteworthy and interesting in the public sector space for translation and interpreting.
UK Companies’ Access to EU Tenders
UK-based companies do not have an automatic, guaranteed access to EU public procurement, but they can access EU tenders where specific EU institutions procure translation and interpreting for themselves. New ATC guidance clarifies UK-companies eligibility to EU tenders for different EU institutions.
ERA’s Impact on Language Service Companies
The Employment Rights Act 2025 includes a number of developments that may impact language service companies specifically.
- The new Fair Work Agency’s remit is to enforce labour market legislation and it has legal powers to investigate employers. The FWA’s continued position is that interpreting service providers operate as Employment Businesses, and are thus subject to relevant employment agency regulations.
- In 2027, the ERA will introduce new guaranteed working hours contract requirements. The ATC is contributing to Government consultations to ensure that new guaranteed hours rules do not adversely impact the language services industry.
Focus on Police Language Services
The National Police Framework Contract is managed by BlueLight Commercial, a procurement organisation established by the Home Office and the policing sector to centrally manage blue light organisations’ procurement. Its current 7-year DPS agreement for the provision of language services runs until September 2027, primarily supplied by ATC member companies, with the Metropolitan Police Language Services and Welsh Interpreting and Translation Services (WITS) supporting London and Central and South Wales.
Why Sponsored PSI Training & Qualifications Make Commercial Sense
A sustainable pipeline of professional interpreters in a constantly changing languages landscape is a topical issue for all language service companies working within the public sector space. DPSI Online’s Helena El-Masri explores how sponsored Public Service Interpreter training and qualification schemes work, add value and make commercial sense to language service companies.
How to Grow Your Public Sector Business
Go4Growth provides tools and resources for micro and small businesses to access, tender for and manage public sector contracts. Their fully-funded programme includes tailored training, useful digital content and templates as well as access to events, 1:1 mentoring and more to make you and your organisation Public Sector Supply Ready.
ATC Partner Services for Public Sector Interpreting
Lingsom: Interpreting Management System
ATC Partner Lingsom is a management system for LSPs – one system to manage all interpreting (spoken or sign language) and translation orders efficiently and securely. Custom-designed to manage the complexities of interpreting assignments, Lingsom matches each assignment on-site, over the phone, message delivery or video interpretation with the right linguist in your company and automatically does query, confirmation, invoicing, and payrolls and much more.
DPSI Online: Interpreter Training & Qualifications
DPSI Online has trained over 2000 students since 2009. Its training enables aspiring interpreters to progress and become qualified as a professional interpreters and translators from Level 3 to Level 6, and its national qualifications empower interpreters to deliver high standards whenever they go for assignments.
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