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Wolfestone director Anna Bastek was one of the business people supporting an FSB compaign, urging politicians in Wales to spend more time talking to small businesses. The translation company is one of the fastest growing businesses in Wales and has won or been shortlisted for 23 business awards. This article was taken from the Western Mail. read more
May 2012
Director Anna Bastek has been shortlisted for yet another award this year - the IOD Director of the Year Award. Wolfestone are not short of positive news stories, and this is another great success for the company. The awards dinner, which takes place on 17th May 2012 in Cardiff, will be the company's 24th shortlisting. read more
May 2012
Wolfestone were only too happy to renew their sponsorship for another year, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children around the UK. Wolfestone is the 14th fastest growing business in Wales, but the directors do their best to find time for those in need in the local community and beyond. read more
May 2012
Household spending dropped in April, and Wolfestone Translation Director Anna Bastek was asked to comment for the South Wales Evening Post. Anna said: "The Government is clearly seeking to champion local business, and one of the ways they can accelerate this is by proactively recruiting successful business people to mentor start-ups. read more
May 2012
As Director of Wolfestone Translation, one of one of Wales’ fastest growing companies, Anna Bastek’s free time is scarce. But some things, and some people, are always worth making time for. The Welsh Assembly’s Dynamo Project encourages young people to set their sights high and offers mentoring in entrepreneurship and all round business skills from some of the nation’s leading commercial figures. read more
Mar 2012
Kontax, the global media service provider and key Wolfestone partner, has unveiled a pioneering distribution system that allows customers to publish an unlimited number of press releases completely free of charge. The system offers customers unlimited free publication of press releases in any one of 64 global languages, with easy access to translation into any additional language. read more
Mar 2012
Wolfestone teamed up with Careers Wales West to give local schoolchildren a platform for success in the job market. The translation services company were part of a joint initiative with Bishopston Comprehensive School, aiming to give pupils the opportunity to expand their interview skills. read more
Mar 2012
With a staff team including eight different nationalities and a long standing commitment to charity fundraising, Wolfestone Translation was an eager contributor to World Food Night on February 24th. read more
Feb 2012
Anna Bastek has received a personal invitation from the Prime Minister to celebrate St David’s Day at 10 Downing Street. Each year the Prime Minister invites key figures from Welsh business and cultural life to join him in celebrating St David’s Day and Anna will be among this year’s guests.
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Feb 2012
At a time when good news business stories are all too rare in South Wales, Wolfestone, Wales’ largest language service provider, continues to buck the trend by increasing its client base, profitability and staff numbers. After a record breaking year in 2011 culminating in a series of prestigious business awards, Wolfestone has hit the ground running in 2012 with the purchase of new additional premises and the launch of a range of new services. read more
Feb 2012
Wolfestone, the Swansea based translation service provider, has rounded off an excellent start to 2012 by winning the South Wales Chamber of Commerce Award for Skills and People Development. The award recognises Wolfestone’s commitment to the development of its employees and also the company’s wider achievements in engaging the local community. read more
Feb 2012
Friday February 24th marks the first ever World Food Night, a chance for Britain to raise money for one of the country’s most deserving charities with a celebration of international cuisine. When Refugee Action invited Wolfestone Translation to join the party, they accepted without hesitation. read more
Feb 2012
In a major coup for Wolfestone Translation, Kontax, the global media service provider, has selected the Swansea based company as its exclusive UK partner. read more
Jan 2012
The Welsh Government’s Skills Growth Wales scheme has helped a Swansea-based translation business to invest heavily in job creation and staff training and become one of the fastest growing companies in Wales. read more
Jan 2012
Wolfestone Translation, the market leading language translation company offering translation and voiceover services across all languages, has been shortlisted for four awards at the Chamber of Commerce Awards. read more
Jan 2012
Wolfestone, the leading language translation and voiceover service provider, has ended a record breaking year with a series of prestigious business awards. The company, which offers translation services in almost all languages and dialects, enjoyed double success with two high profile awards in different ceremonies on the same night. read more
Dec 2011
Wolfestone Translation, a leading language translation company offering translation and voiceover services across all languages, reveal that they have recently undertaken a significant expansion in their voiceover department.
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Nov 2011
Wolfestone Translation, a leading language translation company offering translation and voiceover services across all languages, reveal the extent of the charity work they have taken part in recently, and are scheduled to take part in over the coming months. read more
Oct 2011
Wolfestone Translation, a leading language translation company offering translation and voiceover services across all languages, announce that they have become finalists in the Fast Growth 50 Awards 2011. read more
Sep 2011
Wolfestone has been nominated and shortlisted in the Business Services Business of the Year and overall Business of the Year categories of 2011’s South Wales Business Awards. Wolfestone have... read more
Aug 2011
Wolfestone has launched a new and improved version of their company website. Wolfestone has incorporated a host of new features into their new website’s design in a bid to offer more convenience, support and resources to returning and potential clients.
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Jun 2011
Wolfestone, a leading language translation company offering translation services across all languages,Internships at Wolfestone Translation offer young people a range of invaluable experiences with their internship programme. Internships can provide applicants with life experience in an area that would otherwise be inaccessible to them. read more
Feb 2011
Wolfestone Translation is again setting an example within the community by sponsoring Kidsafe, a charity which promotes the wellbeing of children throughout Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. Most people remember the messages that they got from their parents as they were growing up, a mixture of “Look both ways before crossing the road”... read more
Jan 2011
Wolfestone Translation is teaming up with Careers Wales West to help the future generations prepare for the world of work.Wolfestone Translation helping the local community. Careers Wales West supports those still in school, further and higher education, seeking employment, employed, redundant, retraining or entering the world of work by providing a bilingual, all age advice and guidance service. read more
Dec 2010
Anna Bastek, Director and co-founder of Wolfestone Translation, the largest language translation company in Wales, will be the Key Note Speaker at the Annual General Meeting 2010 of the FSB South Wales Region.
Anna Bastek will be speaking at this prolific event to shine light on how other organisations can survive and thrive during the recession, and will offer her own tips based on years of management experience on how businesses can replicate Wolfestone‘s success. read more
Nov 2010
As part of their goal to become more active in the local community, Wolfestone, a leading language services agency offering translation of all languages, proofreading, voiceovers, urgent translations and a wide range of other language services, have become the official sponsors of Briton Ferry Rugby Club.
In addition to sponsoring the senior Briton Ferry team, Wolfestone will also contribute to the youth team in order to foster the development of new talent, and hope that their contributions will persuade youth in the Swansea area to become more active in the club. read more
Oct 2010
Wolfestone Translation, a leading language services agency offering translation in all languages, proofreading, voiceovers, urgent translations and a wide range of other language services, have had their company Director, Anna Bastek, invited to speak at Lamajo's 'The Power of Change' conference. read more
Oct 2010
Wolfestone Translation, Wales' largest language services company offering, amongst others, translation in all languages, proofreading, voiceovers, subtitling and a wide range of other language services, has received the ProAct Skills Growth Wales financial support package to promote overall company growth read more
Sep 2010
The South Wales Evening Post and Swansea Bay Business Life have announced the shortlist for the Women in Business Awards 2010. The awards have been designed to honour female stars of the Swansea Bay business community across six categories. read more
Sep 2010
Dynamic Swansea-based business Wolfestone Translation has once again been nominated for highly prestigious awards. This time, the company itself has been nominated for the Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award, and Operations Director Roy Allkin has himself been nominated for the Entrepreneur of the Year award. read more
Sep 2010
You may recently have seen two girls running around Swansea at about 6 in the morning. Don't worry, they haven't lost their minds, they're actually in training to run a half marathon. Wolfestone team members Shiona Oldham and Helen Courtney are about to participate in the Bristol Half Marathon and have been training by running four to five times per week before the working day starts. read more
Sep 2010
For the third year running, dynamic local company Wolfestone Translation has been nominated and shortlisted for the South Wales Business Awards. This year they have again been nominated for Business Services Business of the Year, a category in which Wolfestone triumphed magnificently in 2008 and 2009... read more
Aug 2010
Wolfestone Translation has again demonstrated its commitment to maintaining the highest standards in the translation industry by creating the Wolfestone Awards for Excellence. The awards are bestowed upon the most deserving and able translators currently studying for a Masters in Translation with Language Technology at the University of Swansea... read more
Jul 2010
Swansea translation company Wolfestone Translation secures Investors in People accreditation. After a yearlong process, Wolfestone Translations one of the UK's leading translation companies has gained the prestigious Investors in People accreditation. Wolfestone Translation provides translation, interpretating and other language services to business throughout the UK and internationally. read more
Jul 2010
In yet another chapter of their success story, leading Swansea entrepreneurs Anna Bastek and Roy Allkin of Wolfestone Translation have been chosen to take part in the LEAD Wales project. This is an event limited to 25 of the most successful owner-managers of small or medium sized businesses, initially in the Swansea area, but eventually to cover all of Wales. It has received recognition and £8m of funding from the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Social Fund. The co-founders of Wolfestone were chosen as a result of the great potential of Wolfestone Translation and for creating employment in Wales. read more
Mar 2010
Wolfestone Translation Director Anna Bastek has dominated the recent Swansea Bay Woman of the Year awards, winning her category for Swansea Bay Business Woman of the Year for Wolfestone Translation and then going on to take the overall title of "Swansea Bay Woman of the Year 2009" at yet another prestigious ceremony, in the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. This was the 6th time the awards have been held, and she is thus adding her name to an elite group of very talented high achievers. The awards were hosted by Sara Edwards, and the hugely anticipated guest speaker was Ruth Jones, of Gavin and Stacey fame. All of Wolfestone's female employees and Anna's business partner Roy Allkin were present, and t read more
Mar 2010
This is just the latest step for Wolfestone - plans for further offices in Russia, China, the Middle East and India are at advanced stages, which will make the company a truly global operation. It is also significant that the event was Local company Wolfestone Translation continued its remarkable development by officially launching their newest overseas office in Houston, USA. A glittering event was held at Swansea University's brand new Digital Technium, with the Lord Mayor of Swansea making a speech and ceremonially cutting the ribbon to formally launch Wolfestone Translation USA. read more
Nov 2009
Swansea business Wolfestone Translation has again been recognised by their peers for their commercial successes in spite of the worst economic conditions experienced for decades. This time they performed a clean sweep at the South Wales Business Awards held earlier this week. The awards were sponsored by Cardiff Business Life, the University of Glamorgan and Careers Wales amongst others. read more
Oct 2009
Pioneering local company Wolfestone Translation has just added to its array of trophies with the Swansea Marriott Evening Post Business Award for September. Company Directors Roy Allkin and Anna Bastek followed this success up by addressing the prestigious ATC conference in London the following day. read more
Sep 2009
Welsh company invests into future
iconWhen it comes to thriving in some of the toughest economic conditions seen in recent times, one Swansea business is certainly talking the right language. While many companies slashed marketing and advertising budgets as the recession hit home, Wolfestone Translation did the opposite. read more
Sep 2009
Eco friendly banger ralleyWolfestone Translation is sponsoring a team to complete The Sucata Run which is the European charity banger rally tour from France to Portugal and is taking place on August Bank Holiday weekend. Sucata Rally consists of teams of up to 4 people driving in an old car worth no more than £250 for 5 days. The tour starts in Normandy‘s capital, Rouen and proceeds 2000 km through Bordeaux and Spain and ends at Europe‘s most westerly point in Portugal. read more
Aug 2009
Welsh company invests in technologyWolfestone Translation is involved in an ambitious £11.4m scheme launched by the University of Wales – the Prince of Wales Innovation Scholarships – designed to help propel the principality out of recession. The new scheme could see Wales become a successful innovation cluster likened to Cambridge in England by The Independent newspaper. The scheme is endorsed by the Prince of Wales and is expected to help Wales to overcome the recession and create jobs for graduates. read more
Aug 2009
Regional Business AwardsWolfestone Translation continues to impress by winning yet another award, this time at the prestigious Regional Business Awards. Competing in the Young Business of the Year category, Wolfestone was the outstanding nominee for the award and managed to hold off stiff competition from a host of other candidates. The Award was presented by BBC personality Roy Noble at the glittering event held at the magnificent Parc y Scarlets stadium. Carmarthenshire County Council‘s Jamie Reynolds, who sits on the Swansea Bay Partnership said: “The standard of entries was extremely high this year and we were delighted by the number of entries. The business expertise we have here in the Swansea Bay region is read more
Mar 2009
The Age of StupidWolfestone Translation have been approached by the DVD multi-languages producer of ‘The Age of Stupid’ to be a UK translation partner for the film. The film tells the story of a man (Peter Postlethwaite) living alone in 2055 and wondering why we didn’t do more to save the planet when we had the chance. The film has been produced in an attempt to stir the public into action in regards to climate change and has been hailed by Mark Lynas as ‘the most powerful piece of cultural discourse on climate change ever produced.’ Wolfestone Translation who already have a dedicated division of their company for the Renewable Energy sector called Eco Trans have welcomed the opport read more
Mar 2009
Bring your business into the spotlightWolfestone Translation has linked up with Vibe TV to help companies promote products, services and business, both home and abroad in this difficult economic climate. A collaboration between the two companies means that we can now provide multi-lingual corporate DVDs, Video Podcasts for the web, and training films for all areas of the commercial world, so whether a company is looking to promote business here or overseas they can reach existing/potential clients at the click of a button. Once the short informational film is made, new media means that it can be e-mailed, sent to a mobile phone or downloaded to an i-pod...in addition to the normal uses of read more
Mar 2009
Success for local business at the South Wales Business Awards 2008Wolfestone Translation Ltd, a local company established by Directors Anna Bastek and Roy Allkin triumphed in the final of the South Wales Business Awards, which was held at The Bear Hotel, Cowbridge on the 15th October 2008. Wolfestone walked away with the award for “Business Services Business of the Year”, after numerous rounds of intense judging and holding off stiff competition from some excellent South Wales companies. The competition was judged on client relationship management, staff policies and attitudes, sales and marketing, outstanding results, obstacles overcome, future plans, and local community/charity involvemen read more
Oct 2008
Wolfestone Translation have reached the final for the most promising business in the UK awards to be held in Claridges, London on the 21st November.
Thousands of entries were received across the UK and the 6 finalists were selected after numerous rounds of intense judging. The judges looked at factors including client relationship management, staff policies and attitudes, sales and marketing, outstanding results, obstacles overcome, future plans, and local community/charity involvement.
As a company, we are very proud to have got this far into the competition and we are looking forward to attending the awards. read more
Sep 2008
The field of translation lends itself well to global expansion. However, few translation companies have succeeded in offering a high quality service across the globe. Operating successfully in different economies, languages and countries in general is a hard task. Yet a Swansea-based translation company is doing just that. Wolfestone Translation Ltd established itself in the UK in 2005. Since then, it has become one of the most recognisable and trusted translation companies in the UK, with clients ranging from the BBC to IBM. read more
Jul 2008
In a smart move by the language professors at Swansea University, final year students completing a BA or MA translation degree will be running a mock translation company to give them an idea about the working world before they have to enter it.
Wolfestone Translation, Swansea's only translation company will be advising the two student translation companies, Trans-Tawe and Seafront Translations on normal practise within a live company. read more
Apr 2008
Migration can be a positive issue for a country and especially for business. Due to migration from Poland for example, UK businesses have had access to additional skilled workers and cheaper labour. Some companies state that after cost effectiveness, the main reason they prefer employing migrant workers to their British counterparts is that the migrant workers have a better attitude towards work. All of this makes for good business sense when it comes to employing staff. read more
Jan 2008
Wolfestone Translation creates opportunity for local businesses
Local business merges networking event and charity fundraiser in Swansea. On the 8th November, Wolfestone Translation Ltd, a Swansea based company which deals with translation and interpreting services is hosting a networking event with a difference. As well as informing existing and potential clients about how translation services can enable businesses to trade more effectively and presenting their new website, Wolfestone Translation also see the event as an ideal way to raise awareness and funds for local charity Hafal. read more
Jan 2008
We may give no thought at all to translation companies in our day to day lives until we need something. Previously, translation was always something we saw on television or in subtitles on foreign films.
Think of it this way, imagine being on holiday, in a hot country where you don't speak the language. Perhaps you've been stuck on a bus or you have been soaking up the sun for several hours. You are thirsty. How do you order one of those delicious looking cold drinks when you cannot speak the language? read more
Jul 2007
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