It’s less than four months until the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force and we know lots of language service providers are wondering exactly how to implement GDPR within our data-heavy environment. To help them out, we’ve…
We’re delighted to have signed a Partnership Agreement with Elia, the European Language Industry Association, which will mean ATC member discounts for Elia’s events. Elia, a trade association for the language services industry with a European business focus, shares many…
The Federation of Small Businesses’s latest economic survey makes interesting – if gloomy – reading as a record number of UK SMEs say they are planning to close down or sell up because of weakening demand since the Brexit vote…
The UK’s language services industry grew by 7% in 2016 and will have grossed more than £1.15bn in 2017, according to our annual Language Services Market report. We appointed an independent researcher to analyse the work of the UK’s 1,200…
The Government needs to take action now to ensure there are enough home-grown translators in a post-Brexit Britain where effective global communication will be vital for the economy’s future, according to the Association of Translation Companies (ATC). It is making…
A new service being run by the Association of Translation Companies (ATC) will provide language service providers with expert auditing and certification for ISO certificates covering the translation industry. The ATC’s ISO Certification Service, launched at the association’s recent Annual…
The Association of Translation Companies (ATC) and Aston Business School have appointed a research student to work on a unique project designed to influence the future prosperity of the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Multi-lingual Ankita Tibrewal will start a…
The Association of Translation Companies (ATC) and Aston Business School have teamed up to launch a unique research project, designed to influence the future prosperity of the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The ATC, the language sector’s leading professional body,…
With formal Brexit negotiations set to commence this week, two of the UK’s leading professional language bodies have added their voices to the many from across the business community, pleading directly to the government to prioritise securing the future of…
A survey of Europe’s Language Service Providers (LSPs) indicates continued optimism for the sector with more than two thirds of UK respondents predicting market growth for 2017. Nearly two thirds of UK Language Service Providers (LSPs) are forecasting an increase…
