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Supporting Devon Air Ambulance

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:54:00 -0400

MMG are delighted to announce that they have nominated the Devon Air Ambulance Trust as their ‘charity of the year’.

MMG employees were asked to put forward names of charities they would like to support. Everyone in the company then voted for one of these proposed charities, of which the Devon Air Ambulance received the highest number of votes.

MMG will be supporting the charity by donating monies raised through fund raising events over the course of the year. Previous events the company have organised included sponsored ‘weight loss’ initiatives, Christmas quizzes and fairs. Donations from these events went to various charities including Sparks Children’s Medical Research Charity, National Blind Children’s Charity, Jeans for Genes, Children in Need and Breast Cancer Campaign.

The Devon Air Ambulance Trust is the charity which raises the funds to keep 2 emergency Air Ambulances flying. This is no small feat as each and every year they have to raise in the region of £4 million to keep both of the helicopters airborne. If you would like to find out more about the charity check out their website at www.daat.org

COI Contract Won!

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:54:00 -0500

MMG have been successful in their bid to be part of the framework agreement for legal transcriptions at the Central Office of Information (COI), London. The contract is the company's most recent success story in a line of tenders bid for during 2009, including new contracts with the Crown Prosecution Service and the Competition Commission.

For further details visit the COI website at http://coi.gov.uk/press.php?release=326

Glaswegian accents - hard to understand?

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:30:00 -0400

An article was published by the BBC on 15th October, featuring a London based translation company that was recruiting translators to interpret the Glaswegian accent! To read the full article click on this link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8308288.stm

MMG work very closely with the Scottish Court Service and have, for many years, transcribed a range of recordings containing a host of different Scottish accents and dialects. We use highly experienced transcribers for this work who are all from and based in Scotland, so fully understand the culture, dialect and accents.

For further information on our Court Transcriptions click on the link below:

http://www.mendipmediagroup.com/court-transcriptions/

Police overwhelmed with paperwork

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:25:00 -0400

According to an article written in The Daily Express on 3rd October 2009, police officers are spending less than 6 hours a week patrolling the streets. To read the full article click on the following link:

http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/131738/Bobbies-on-beat-just-1-hour-a-day

At MMG, we transcribe witness and PACE regulated interviews for a large number of constabularies in the UK and overseas and are working with BigHand digital dictation software suppliers on an exciting new project which will enable police officers to reduce the time they spend on paperwork.

This service will work using the Blackberry phone, whereby officers dictate their notes into the phone using the BigHand digital dictation software. The dictations can then be sent by secure methods to MMG for transcription which will then be returned almost immediately. By outsourcing the transcription of the dictations to experienced transcribers, police officers will be able to reduce the time they spend typing up their notes themselves and be able to concentrate on more important matters.

We understand that the content of the police interviews and dictations can be highly sensitive so we ensure that these recordings are only transcribed in-house at our offices, by security cleared and experienced transcribers. We never outsource overseas and will only send to our freelance transcribers if given the go ahead by our clients.

To find out more about our police transcription services click on the link to the left.

New website launched

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:59:00 -0400

Welcome to our new website! Designed by SFI Media, this new website is informative and easy to use, providing information on MMG's extensive range of transcription and recording services.

Watch this space for our soon to be launched 'SecureNET' online customer ordering system, whereby clients can log in to their own area to up load sound files, download completed transcriptions and check on the progress of current orders.

Any comments about our website are welcomed so please get in touch!

CPS contract won

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:25:00 -0400

MMG have been awarded a 3 year contract to transcribe interview recordings from the Crown Prosecution Service. This contract replaces the current contract which has been in place for the last 5 years. MMG offer a highly secure environment for recordings of a highly confidential nature and pride themselves in being only one of a few transcription companies to offer this type of in-house service.