Category: News

Thinking of moving to Spain? Many people might say “you don’t need to learn Spanish”, but there are varying requirements to meet depending on whether you need a visa, a residence permit, or citizenship. We’ll clear that up. Do you need to speak Spanish to live in Spain? No, there...

Thinking of moving to Finland? Many people might say “you don’t need to learn Finnish / Swedish”, but there are varying requirements to meet depending on whether you need a visa, a residence permit, or citizenship. We’ll clear that up. Do you need to speak Finnish to live in Finland?...

Thinking of moving to the Netherlands? Many people might say “you don’t need to learn Dutch”, but there are varying requirements to meet depending on whether you need a visa, a residence permit, or citizenship. We’ll clear that up. Do you need to speak Dutch to live in the Netherlands?...

It’s finally summer! While you’re enjoying the warm and sunny weather, why not also invest in your professional growth? Develop new skills with our specially designed exclusive Legal English summer courses. Curious about our further summer offerings? We also have special courses and offers for our language courses and intercultural...

Today, Harald Kruithof is BBi Communications’s Group CEO. Coming from the Netherlands, he has been in the language education business for many years. Hans Dahlin, our Group Manager for Mergers and Acquisitions, has also been involved in the language industry for some time. As both have always strived to stay...

Presenting ideas and information in English Anyone working in an international environment will have to deal with this at some point: presenting your point of view, ideas or information in English. It can be in an actual presentation, or as input during a meeting. Presenting may not be second nature...

Partnership with commitment to customer satisfaction, quality delivery and dedication. Today we announce the merger between Language Partners and BBi Communication. This marks the beginning of a new era for the two united companies. The merger will be the starting point of a great adventure within the fields of language...

How to work with the Dutch? Working with the Dutch can be confusing. Are they being rude, or just direct? What about the Dutch ‘flat hierarchy’, which sometimes appears to be not so flat at all? And how does the Dutch decision-making process (The Polder Model) work, where everyone is...

The entire Netherlands is now dealing with the effects of the corona virus. It is a far-reaching situation which is having a huge impact on people and organisations. The country-wide measures being taken also have consequences for any language training courses you have planned or wished to plan. Training sessions...

As a Language Partners trainer specialising in legal English, my usual assignments consist of being sent to large city law firms, often to refresh the English of their trainee lawyers and to introduce them to the particular (and sometimes peculiar) vocabulary of the world of law. So imagine my surprise...