Hull-based translation firm receives rebrand to celebrate 30th anniversary

A Hull-based language services business has unveiled a major rebrand to celebrate the completion of 30 successful years in business.
Michael Crossland
By Michael Crossland
Published 13th Mar 2023, 13:45 BST
Updated 13th Mar 2023, 13:46 BST

AaGlobal was founded in 1992 when Kirk Akdemir, who had previously operated as a one-man band, took on his first member of staff and four translators and opened an office in the extension of his home in Worcester.

Mr Akdemir, now the CEO of a business, said: “In recent years the strategy has been to build on our success and safeguard the future by investing in technology and in the young people who we see as the future of the business.

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“The new brand is part of that, giving us a more modern profile to reflect our high-tech capabilities and the energy and innovation of our team.

From left, Kirk Akdemir with Aa Global colleagues Chantelle Akdemir, Carol Jones and Andrei Sparling.From left, Kirk Akdemir with Aa Global colleagues Chantelle Akdemir, Carol Jones and Andrei Sparling.
From left, Kirk Akdemir with Aa Global colleagues Chantelle Akdemir, Carol Jones and Andrei Sparling.

“Our timeline surprised me by reminding me how much we have achieved. I want our team to be inspired by that but also challenged by it.”

Within eight years of the firm being founded, it had built a network of 100 translators working in 10 languages.

Milestones in the company’s development include a move to its first commercial premises in 2007 and expansion to its first Hull office in 2011. Toyota Motor Corp, secured in 2006 as AaGlobal’s first multinational contract, is still the company’s longest running business relationship.

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