December 17th, 2009
Pictured is Shawn Khorassani, Business Development and Strategy Director, Prestige Network.
Earlier this year, Prestige Network celebrated financial success with the announcement that our turnover had soared 65% in the previous 12 months to a phenomenal £3 million. As Business Development Director, I’ve always got an eye on new opportunities though. In part 1 of ‘my vision for success during a recession’, I looked at what has made Prestige Network a success. Now, in part 2, I look to the future.
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December 1st, 2009
Highlights of another outstanding year! During 2009 Prestige Network:
- achieved phenomenal financial growth in the last financial year (2008/2009) – its turnover grew by 65%.
- was nominated for the West Berkshire Enterprise Award 2009 under the category ‘Job Creation’.
- was recognised in the highly sought-after Coutts Prize for Family Business earlier this year (2009) for the contribution its family business makes to the economy and society.
- made history in October 2009 by providing two British Sign Language/English interpreters (BSL) for a series of UK Youth Parliament debates in the House of Commons, the first time that BSL/English interpreters had ever been used there.
- became one of the first language services companies in UK to be awarded the new ISO standard certificate – the nationally recognised accreditation ISO 9001:2008 for its comprehensive Quality Control Management System.
- expanded into the office next door in Thatcham Business Village, to accommodate more staff. It doubled the square footage of office space to cope with current growth and ensure capacity for future growth.
Read the full details on our Translation Services News Section.
Tags: BSL, interpreting services, language services, language specialist
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November 20th, 2009
Thatcham-based language services company Prestige Network is basking in the success of winning a place in the prestigious RBS Business Management Team of the Year Award (2009) – an award in which judges look for go-ahead, enlightened, innovative and forward-thinking teams.
Meryem Munro, Operations Manager (left), and Shohreh Fleming, Chief Executive Officer
The RBS Business Management Team Award were part of this year’s Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards presented at a gala dinner on 19 November at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre at the Madejski Stadium Complex, Reading.
Find out more about Prestige’s success at the Awards.
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November 16th, 2009
Shawn Khorassani, Business Development and Strategy Director of family business language services company Prestige Network, shares his thoughts on succeeding during the recession in the latest Language and Translation Services Article on the Prestige Network’s channel on youtube.
“Earlier this year, we celebrated financial success with the announcement that our turnover had soared 65% in the previous 12 months to a phenomenal £3 million. This spurred us on to think hard about the reasons for our success.”
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November 10th, 2009
Shohreh Fleming, Prestige Network’s Chief Executive, provided inspiration to more than 100 delegates as part of a one-day business start-up event for women earlier this month.
The objective of the event was to encourage women who may have thought of starting up in business but haven’t yet taken the next steps, as well as to help women who have already started a business and are in the first 12 months of trading, to sustain and grow their business.
The ‘She Means Business!’ seminar was part of a regional What’s Stopping You event in Slough, Berkshire. It was staged by Business Link Berkshire, with funding from the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA).
Shohreh said: “It was a very enjoyable day – in fact, I loved doing it because I was talking about something I have a passion for. It was very flattering to be asked to be a panellist. I was asked to speak on how I started my own business providing translation services, the hurdles I overcame and any help I sought along the way.”
Shohreh added: It’s a subject I could talk about from my heart. The only problem was working out how to fit 18 years of a successful business into an eight-minute presentation!
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Tags: business, business translation, language services, translation
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November 3rd, 2009
Prestige Network staff had fun at a recent company get together!
Games, music, food and drinks were enjoyed by all.
Having a nice sunny day helped too.
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September 1st, 2009
More people in more countries regularly use Information Technology on a daily basis. In order to maximise the potential market for their applications, software developers may find they need to promote their products in a wide range of countries each with their own languages and cultures.
If you are looking for a company to undertake your software localisation projects, you need to tick a large number of boxes:
You need a company that’s grounded in multilingual software solutions:
Prestige Network 
That is familiar with a vast range of source codes:
Prestige Network
has an understanding of technical translations:
Prestige Network
an extensive knowledge of translations and interpreting:
Prestige Network
and works daily in up to 200 languages:
Prestige Network
In short, you need look no further – you have found Prestige Network.
Tags: online translation, professional translation, services, software localisation, software translation, translation
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August 20th, 2009
Pictured is Shohreh Fleming, Prestige Network’s Chief Executive, at the world-famous Henley Regatta in summer 2009. Shohreh and her husband Anthony Fleming, Prestige Network’s Director of Sales and Internet, were the guests of Mercers Solicitors in Henley – the company which handles Prestige Network’s legal work.
Shohreh said: “This was the first time that Anthony and I had been to Henley Regatta – it was great to be invited and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
“Seeing the effort that the rowers put into their achievements is a real inspiration for anyone in business.”
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June 23rd, 2009
After a year of regular friendly matches with both teams winning their fair share of games, parents and teachers decided to put their reputations on the line in full view of fellow parents, teachers, pupils and other visitors at the annual summer fete at St. Gabriel’s School, Newbury in the first-ever Prestige Challenge Cup football match.
A thrilling match saw the parents pull back from 3-0 down at half-time and ultimatley the goal-scoring skills of both teams were evenly-matched. With a final score of 4-4, parents and teachers will share the Cup until the 2010 annual summer fete.
Shawn Khorassani, from the event sponsors – language services company Prestige Network – said: “Parents and teachers were equally determined. At half time, it looked as though the teachers would be victorious but parents pulled back from the brink and proved that they were no soft target, resulting in a well-deserved draw and sharing the first-ever Prestige Challenge Cup.”
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June 9th, 2009
Prestige Network has become one of the first companies in the UK to be awarded the new ISO standard certification – the nationally recognised accreditation ISO 9001:2008 for its comprehensive Quality Control Management System, which incorporates all aspects of its operations.
The new standard is more comprehensive than the old ISO 9001 which it replaces – it now monitors how effective quality controls are, rather than just that they are in place.
One of the key findings from the ISO 9001:2008 audit of Prestige Network shows that customer satisfaction (monitored via surveys) is now at 92%.
Shawn Khorassani, Business Development Director at Prestige Network, said: “We are thrilled to be amongst the first to be awarded this new standard certification. From a management point of view, this ISO certification is a lot more useful than the old one – it shows us that our quality controls are effective.”
*Update* A summary of the customer survey results is now available on our main site.
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