The AA Global Squad added to the army of runners taking part in this year’s Race for Life in Hull to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Kate Peck, Translation Co-ordinator at AA Global’s office in Hull city centre was determined to join the 5k run this year after missing out because of holiday in 2018. In no time at all she was joined by colleagues at the company, with the team of nine expecting to raise around £500 for [...]
AA Global was shortlisted in the Best Business Progression category and, although the company was pipped at the post by tech and gadget specialists Stuf, CEO Kirk Akdemir said the celebration was a symbol of a memorable year. He said: “We’ve increased our staff to more than 30, with around 25 based in Hull, we’ve built an international team of around 14,000 translators and interpreters covering more than 500 languages and dialects, and we’ve relocated our office into the [...]
A Hull-based business which is supplying heating and ventilation systems to the energy sector worldwide turned to another company in the city to provide specialist translation services for a major overseas contract worth £8 million. North Sea Ventilation (NSV) brought in fellow Chamber Member AA Global Language Services to translate drawings and other documents into Russian as part of its work on the project in Kazakhstan. NSV employs around 80 people at its premises in West Carr Lane, Hull and overseas [...]
A leading language services company is investing in communicating by technology to bring together its thousands of clients, translators and interpreters. AA Gobal, a key supporter of the Chamber’s International Trade Centre, has started work on an app which will improve services for its clients in the public and private sectors and make life easier for its multilingual team. Kirk Akdemir, Chief Executive of the company, which expanded to Hull from its first office in Worcester in 2011, said the latest [...]
A leading translation and interpreting company is set for further expansion after confirming a key appointment and revealing plans for new premises. AA Global Language Services Ltd has announced the appointment as General Manager of Andrei Sparling, who joined the company as a part-time interpreter and progressed to lead its expansion to Hull in 2011. AA Global provides services to major public sector organisations and a wide range of private sector businesses with a team of nearly 15,000 translators and interpreters [...]
AA Global Language Services Ltd has added the listing on ESPO, which primarily informs local authorities throughout the UK, to its recognition on the NHS framework Shared Business Services (SBS). Kirk Akdemir, Chief Executive of AA Global, said both frameworks are of great significance to people making public sector purchasing decisions and are also relevant to the private sector. AA Global was listed on the SBS interpretation and translation services framework two years ago and has now been included for a [...]
From a speech by a former Secretary General of the United Nations to a quirky carstunt highlighting marine plastics pollution, leading language and translation company AA Global played a key part in communicating some of the highlights of Hull’s City of Culture year. The company, a major supporter of the Chamber’s International Trade Centre, now hopes to work on future projects as the new-look Culture Company delivers the legacy programme. Kirk Akdemir, CEO of AA Global, said 2018 will also [...]
A language and translation business which is celebrating its 25th anniversary has strengthened its team in Hull with four new appointments. The new recruits take the total number of staff at AA Global Language Services to 22, with 15 of them based in the Hull office which only opened in 2011. Kirk Akdemir, Chief Executive of the company, was already an experienced interpreter and translator when he launched in Worcester in 1992. He said: “We opened in Hull to provide a [...]
Children at a school in Hull turned a tidy profit but also learned a tough business lesson with the help of AA Global Language Services. The young executives from Woodland Primary School in East Hull were quickly onto a winner with their plan to sell popcorn to fellow pupils – but they were almost scooped by the competition when an ice cream van arrived at the school gates! The popcorn project was launched as part of the Make £5 Blossom scheme, [...]
The Hull-based team of an expanding language and translation business has marked the fifth anniversary of its arrival in the city by completing its biggest private sector project. AA Global Language Services Limited provided the full range of translation and interpreting services as world-leading motor corporation Toyota held its European conference in the UK. The event at Toyota’s Burnaston plant near Derby, was the third to be serviced by AA Global, which had worked at previous conferences in the UK and [...]
