UK: Firms lose business due to shortage of bilingual workers

[Francis Hult]

Onrec.com

 

Firms lose business due to shortage of bilingual workers

 

One quarter of companies have lost out on business because staff can't speak a foreign language

28% of employers would be willing to pay staff more if they had language skills

25% of medium sized companies would benefit from more foreign language speakers

One quarter of UK companies (26%) have lost out on business because their staff cannot speak a foreign language, according to research released today by publisher of the Teach Yourself Business Languages Series.

The independent research conducted by Gfk NOP reveals that insufficient language skills in the workplace has meant that 17% of companies have not been able to pitch for business globally. The survey of over 500 UK companies also found that 10% of companies incurred costs having documents translated.

 

Full story:

http://www.onrec.com/newsstories/20173.asp

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