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Appointments Bi-Language ltd is a UK-based recruitment business that specialises in placing multilingual staff. It is headquartered in Holborn, London.

History
Appointments Bi-Language was formed in 1991 by Nicole Debson and Marie Eichler after the two had originally worked together at a secretarial recruitment agency ; they met in 1986 when Debson applied for a job at Eichler’s agency. In January 1991, the UK was in deep recession, the Gulf War was just beginning, and the economy was depressed, though an investment of £3,000 each was made in to starting the business. After initially concentrating on PAs and secretaries, the company’s focus on languages became crucial when the European Union was formally established in 1993.

In September 2006, Appointments Bi-Language won a major translation contract from Hong Kong-based QI. The contract was to translate QI's website articles from English into Arabic, Farsi, Chinese, Indonesian, Cambodian and Portuguese. It also received requests from the Olympic Delivery Authority for the 2012 London Olympics. In December 2006, Appointments Bi-Language was approached by Sony to test the effectiveness of its video conferencing technology in interviewing candidates who were based internationally. After the interview session the candidates offered opinions on the results and then French and German observers questioned them about the experience.

Overview
Appointments Bi-Language specialises in the recruitment of bilingual PA/secretarial, administrative, customer service, call centre, and sales positions within a broad spectrum of clients including investment banks, management consultancies, fashion houses, and publishers. They recruit for temporary, permanent, and contract staff as well as providing translation services. Each consultant at Appointments Bi-Language speaks a second language.

Their clients include Barclays Bank, Goldman Sachs, L’Oreal, Credit Suisse, Citi , Alfred Dunhill, Credit Lyonnais, Habitat, and Yahoo!.

Awards
Appointments Bi-Language has been the recipient of a number of awards. It was the winner of “Best Specialist Recruitment Firm” for the “Here is the City” Awards 2008, “Best Secretarial / PA Recruitment Firm” Finalist at the “Here is the City” Awards 2010 , and “Recruitment Team of the Year” Finalist at the National Recruitment Awards 2009.