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Cheadle-based language company plans to expand

A Cheadle based translation and language teaching company are looking to expand and increase their profits with a £40k investment.

Andrea Nicholls co-owns two sister companies with her brother-in-law and sister, Accutranslate and La Academia and has plans to expand them both.

Accutranslate offers translation services in any language required and La Academia offers language training and lessons.

The companies were started up 11 years ago with a £20k bank loan and now turnover £0.5 million a year between the two companies.

Now Andrea aims to expand both companies in an attempt to move away from relying on the ‘bread and butter’ of her two companies.

All of her workers are self employed including the five directors of the company which results in hundreds of people, employed across the globe where Accutranslate and La Academia take a percentage from the teachers and translators.

A £40k investment will mean a new website and a heavy investment in networking and recruitment of staff to cover the new growth.

Andrea said, “what we really champion is the personal touch, one of the five directors will initially deal with the clients and most of our customers come through recommendations.

“I’m a spanish teacher and translator, I’ve been teaching for 27 years, my brother-in-law and sister are also teachers, together we started the business and it has developed from there.

“Like every business there is uncertainty, it’s very hard to predict what work will come in and getting the best staff is a challenge as we are very picky.”

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