ABOUT US

Welcome to Orion – Language and Communication Solutions for Government and Business.

Orion is a niche consultancy that provides cutting-edge language and communication solutions to business, the public sector and non-governmental organisations in order to help them grow and make sustainable improvements to their performance.

Based in London, we have been operating globally for thirty years and have the knowledge and expertise to provide your organisation with a visible and measurable linguistic, cultural and communicative edge.

LANGUAGE CONSULTING

We liaise closely with clients to provide tailor-made consulting services in the following areas:

  • Language auditing
  • Language plans, policies and strategies

We address a crucial dimension in the drive for quality: how effective communication across languages and cultures mitigates risk, eliminates waste and ensures customer satisfaction. To this end, we analyse clients’ existing capacities and competencies to develop practical and coherent language and communication plans aligned to your organisation’s strategy.

LANGUAGE AND SKILLS

Our cutting-edge industry-specific  language and communication courses are taught by highly qualified and experienced  teachers and industry professionals.

Our innovative foreign language courses include Mandarin, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Arabic and Portuguese for business purposes.

Our popular cultural competence workshops are designed to give you that added confidence and credibility when dealing with clients or working in a challenging environment.

Working with charities and the public-sector, we provide Level 2 functional skills training  in Maths, English, ESOL and IT to vulnerable members of the community.

Trust, Professionalism, Results.

The key to our client service at Orion is an ethos of rigorous professionalism.

We have a strong belief in the value of what we do, we put our clients’ needs first and we provide the best possible consulting and training based on our honest appraisal of those needs.

Our advice is based on experience and a clear understanding of the commercial, cultural and political environments that our clients work in and this allows us to provide real communication solutions that allow our clients to achieve their goals.

To this end:

  • We build enduring relationships of trust
  • We maintain strict confidentiality
  • We adhere to the highest professional standards
  • We tell clients the truth
  • We enable clients to reach their potential
  • We create value for clients

Why Choose Orion?

Consultants

Our consultants are our most prized asset. Experienced in both language training and organisational management, they possess the right combination of academic, professional and practical qualifications and expertise. They specialise in teaching fellow professionals and understand the environments that learners work in.

Track record

Our team has been delivering high-quality language and cultural training worldwide in academia, business and the public sector for over 30 years.

System fit

We are able to fit with our clients’ learning management systems and broader strategic purposes in order to measure return on investment.

Meaningful services

We offer a range of focused and bespoke consulting services and professional language and cross-cultural training. Courses are delivered at the client’s premises or in a conference centre. We also offer a range of industry-specific language test preparation programmes.

Quality assurance

All our courses and the trainers who teach them align to mainstream benchmarks set by the Council of Europe, the UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), NVQ/NOS and the British Council. Our students provide the best evidence of the quality of our courses, though.

Value for money

Our rates reflect the quality and value of the service we offer and there are no hidden charges. We are clear and transparent in our pricing and fees and aim at zero-waste for clients.

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