Mike Hunter

Current

Director at betterlanguages.com

Past

Operations Manager at Methodist Homes
Service Standards Officer at Nottinghamshire County Council

Education

The Nottingham Trent University
The Nottingham Trent University
Colchester Institute

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Recommended

3 people have recommended Mike

Connections

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Industry

Translation and Localization

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Mike Hunter’s Summary

betterlanguages.com Ltd. is one of the fastest growing translation agencies in the UK. We are widening our client base, and constantly improving our service. The customer experience is particularly important to us. We always use professional translators and interpreters of relevant specialism. We are backed by industry leading computer assisted translation tools, which support the work of the translators, ensuring consistent terminology. Clients include Mothercare, New Look Retailers, and US company Zak Designs.

Mike Hunter’s Specialties:

We translate in all major specialisms including website translation and localisation, legal translation, label and packaging translation, translation of instructions and user guides, business document translation.

Mike Hunter’s Experience

Director

betterlanguages.com

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Translation and Localization industry)

November 2000 — Present (8 years 9 months)

betterlanguages.com translation agency is based in Nottingham, UK. The company is one of the fastest growing translation companies in the UK. The business was founded in 1993 by Beatriz Hunter. We incorporated in April 2007, previously we worked as a partnership. The agency translates between English and all major world languages. Translators, proofreaders and interpreters are always professional linguists holding degree level qualifications or above. Linguists are assigned to individual translation jobs based on area of technical expertese as well as language pairs.
Operations Manager

Methodist Homes

(Non-Profit; 5001-10,000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 1995 — November 2000 (5 years 6 months)

I was a regional manager for the charity, covering the Midlands. Direct line management responsibility for 7 care homes and 2 sheltered housing schemes. Development work on new and existing projects. Managed a £6m annual budget. Established a new £3.2m dementia care home in Stoke on Trent. This including recruiting staff, negoiating contracts with the local authority, and liaising with regulatory authorities.
Service Standards Officer

Nottinghamshire County Council

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

July 1993 — June 1995 (2 years)

Registration and Inspection of Care Homes to ensure compliance with statutary legislation, and quality stansards. Achieved BS5750 auditor/assessor training.

Mike Hunter’s Education

The Nottingham Trent University

MBA , Business Administration , 1995 — 2000

I'm a big fan of Trent, enjoyed the MBA though it was hard work. Comparing to other people's experiences of other University the course was as good as any. Maybe I'm slightly mad, but I'd like to do a doctorate one day....

Activities and Societies:

The qualification was part-time, and was fitted around a demanding senior management job. The course included an international project, undertaken for the Cayman Islands Red Cross, and a dissertation on the nature of managerial work.
The Nottingham Trent University

BA Honours , Economics , 1981 — 1984

Had a hard time as an undergraduate, it took time to settle. However Nottingham is a lovely city and I've been here ever since, apart from 4 years in Spain. Started supporting Notts County in 1985, so missed out on their "glory years" in the top flight while I was at Uni.

Activities and Societies:

Member of Students Union Council, Christian Union (City Site).
Colchester Institute

A levels , Economics, Law, Accounts , 1978 — 1981

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Mike Hunter’s Interests:

translation, languages, improving my Spanish, football (if supporting Notts County counts)!, chess, swimming, mad dalmations, railway modelling

Mike Hunter’s Groups:

We are members of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Chamber of Commerce, Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce, and EMITA the East Midlands International Trade Association. Mrs Hunter is a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists., Bingham Business Club