If 1992 brought a burst of enthusiasm for learning a language, it also brought the dismal spectacle of the ERM debacle. For new readers the ERM (European Exchange Rate Mechanism) was a sort of embryonic form of the euro which tied the pound sterling to a basket of European currencies and in particular, the Deutsche Mark. On September 16 1992,
The signing of the Maastricht treaty in 1992 inspired a wave of enthusiasm amongst many companies for their staff to learn a foreign language to greet the new European dawn symbolised by the treaty. For Anglia, located at the heart of the vibrant, knowledge and scientific economy that is Cambridge, this thirst to learn a language brought new and interesting
Anglia Translations Ltd was not the only notable birth in 1992. In that same year (and month!), Classic FM began broadcasting. The idea for a radio station devoted to popular classics, rather than to the more diverse cultural offerings of Radio 3, took some years to come to fruition, mainly due to funding difficulties. It was thought that a constant
Romantic stories about the founding of huge enterprises are the stuff of business legends. Films are made about them, books celebrate them. The script is pretty much the same: “It all started in a leaky garage in downtown Los Angeles when I came up with the brilliant notion that everybody would need a (fill in the gap).” Pretty soon these
