(openPR) - 24th May 2010, London, UK: Language Connect today announced it has been awarded a 3-year contract by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust as the sole provider of face-to-face interpreting and written translation services.

The contract award comes after the completion of a rigorous public tender process, spanning several months that saw Language Connect emerge as the preferred supplier ahead of several larger competitors. Ben Taylor, Managing Partner, says of the new contract: “Our new contract with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust consolidates Language Connect’s position as the leading public sector interpreting provider in South-East London. Alongside existing NHS work, we will now be covering over 7,000 assignments annually in this part of London alone.”

A major contributing factor to the successful outcome of this tender will be Language Connect’s proprietary contract management system – Linguist Connect – which affords customers a 24-hour online booking portal. Linguist Connect provides public sector language support services teams with real-time booking, versatile booking views and ad-hoc management information and reporting functionality.

Language Connect provides full-service translation, localisation, interpreting, voice over and verbatim coding services to clients in vertical industries such as banking and finance, market research, education and learning, government and hospitality. Language Connect has a dedicated staff of Account Managers, Project Managers, localisation and technical support specialists, who are complemented by a network of over 5,000 subject specialist translators and editors. An international office network that spans the UK, Germany and Australia allows us to work with clients on a local level to address specific language, cultural and technical needs on a global scale.

Sophy Merrick
Language Connect
Unit 9, Empire Square
Tabard Street
London, SE1 4NA
T: +44 (0) 20 7940 8108
E: smerrick@languageconnect.net
W: www.languageconnect.net