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Small business. The term may include the word small but there’s nothing insignificant about the SME business arena in the UK. FSB statistics showed that at the start of 2017 small businesses accounted for 99.3% of all private sector businesses and 99.9% were small or medium-sized (SMEs). SMEs employed 16.1 million people which makes up …
It’s July, we’ve been enjoying a heatwave and the schools are about to break up, which can only mean one thing… time to head abroad and enjoy some much deserved R&R! For some of us this might mean learning a few foreign phrases so that we can at the very least say “thank you” and …
How transcription services can give your venue the edge In the modern world we live in, we’ve all become much more demanding. As technology has evolved not only has the world become smaller and operates on a 24 hour global basis, but our expectations have also increased. In so many ways the “off the shelf” concept simply isn’t enough any more – …
How a transcript is created at FSTL Most people understand what a transcribed document is: it’s when speech is converted into written text. But not everyone knows just what goes on behind the scenes to get the end result! So we thought it might be interesting to show the process FSTL goes through to create a transcription. It all begins with …
And how many of them are on your list too? There are those standard phrases that we hear, especially in a work environment, that are incredibly frustrating! This can be because they’re actually a nonsense, they’re unnecessary or they’re just plain irritating! Here are our top ten: Giving 110% This quite frankly isn’t possible! You can’t give 100% effort …
Why having a transcript at your event is a must. Here at FSTL, we have been busy transcribing Annual General Meetings and General Meetings for a number of clients. But what is an AGM and why do companies have them?! An AGM is a formal meeting that generally happens once a year involving the general membership of an organisation. …
How emojis are damaging English language as we know it. The headlines this week certainly suggest that the English language is facing an apocalypse of its own – this time caused by a wonder of the modern age: emojis! The concept behind emojis is that they help to infer body language and tone into what otherwise would be plain text. …
Making your life easier by outsourcing your research interview transcription When you embark on a degree – whether it be undergraduate or postgraduate – in most cases part of your course will require a dissertation or thesis to be produced. This document is effectively a long essay, somewhere in the region of 80,000 to 100,000 words in length, …
How Ireland impacted on the phrases used in modern day Australia It’s always fascinating to look at how language has developed over time, and English is no exception. With different influences from different nations in each English speaking country, it’s no wonder there are little nuances to English depending on where you are. So we thought we’d take a little look at Australia, and how some of its …
The team at FSTL specialise in many areas of transcription, but one of the largest is the legal sector. Legal firms by their nature have a varied client base. Since 1990, we have been providing transcription services to a number of solicitors firms and legal departments of Local Authorities covering many different areas. Our areas of expertise include the following: Interviews of proceedings for Regulators or Tribunals. We are …