Williams Lea Hong Kong receives ‘Caring Company’ status for a second year

Hong Kong, 2 April 2012 - Williams Lea has successfully renewed its ‘Caring Company’ status for 2011/12 from the Hong Kong Council of Social Service for the second year running.

Williams Lea appoints Conor Davey as Global CEO

Tim Griffiths announces he is stepping down as CEO to become Executive Chairman, Conor Davey will succeed Tim as Chief Executive Officer of the Williams Lea Group effective 2 November 2011.

Williams Lea announces new Senior Vice President of Human Resources

10 October 2011, New York - Williams Lea announces the appointment of John Hovnanian as the new Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Talent Officer (CTO), effective September 26, 2011.

Williams Lea awarded contract as Managed Service Provider for print to Government Procurement

Williams Lea awarded contract as Managed Service Provider for print to Government Procurement

Williams Lea acquires the world’s largest independent marketing execution and production agency, Tag

12 July 2011, London - Williams Lea has agreed to acquire Tag, an international provider of marketing execution and production services.

Flint SPARQL Editor Released into Semantic Web Community

12 July 2011, London - Flint 0.5 Believed to be the Most Powerful and Feature-Rich Web-Based SPARQL Editor Available

AstraZeneca Brazil awards Williams Lea with a three-year print management contract

New York, 9 June 2011 - Williams Lea, a global business process outsourcing provider, and AstraZeneca have entered into a three-year print management agreement.

Williams Lea ranked #22 in the Global Outsourcing 100®

New York, 17 May 2011 - Williams Lea has been ranked #22 amongst the world's leading outsourcing companies for 2011 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).

Ingenious Concept for Accessing UCAS Data Wins

London, 31 March 2011 - Open University lecturer Tony Hirst awarded £50,000 development fund access and £1,000 personal prize

Guthy-Renker signs multiyear print management contract with Williams Lea

New York, 22 March 2011 - Guthy-Renker, LLC, one of the largest direct marketing companies in the world, and Williams Lea announced today that they have entered into a five-year, $115M procurement management contract.

TSO is awarded framework agreement for Digital Continuity

Thursday 20 January 2011 - TSO, part of the Williams Lea Group, has announced that it has been awarded a framework agreement for Digital Continuity by Buying Solutions, the UK national partner for procurement services.

Williams Lea names new Managing Director of India

Thursday 16 December 2010 - Williams Lea has announced that Dharmendra Patwardhan has been appointed as the Company's Managing Director of India.

TSO is awarded UK Legislation publishing contract

Tuesday, 7 December 2010 - TSO has today announced that it has been awarded contracts to publish all UK, (England and Wales), Northern Ireland and Scottish legislation for the next five years by The National Archives and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland.

TSO delivers Legislation.gov.uk for The National Archives

London, 29 July 2010 - TNA (The National Archives) has announced the launch of www.legislation.gov.uk. The new website has been developed by TSO to provide clearer, faster and simpler access and publish UK legislation as open data.

Beachcroft selects Williams Lea for transformational back office support solution

LONDON, 6 May 2010 – Williams Lea has signed a five-year contract with national commercial law firm Beachcroft LLP to provide a number of transformational back office functions.

Williams Lea wins new five-year contract within the Retail Banking sector

LONDON, 24 March 2010 – Williams Lea has signed a five-year contract with National Australia Group Europe (NAGE) to supply a market leading, integrated end-to-end customer solution.

OpenUp – TSO Launches Open Data Challenge with £50,000

LONDON, 23 March 2010 – OpenUp – TSO Launches Open Data Challenge with £50,000 Development Fund. The hunt is on for Britain’s most innovative ideas for public data that will bring greater value to communities locally, regionally or nationally.

Williams Lea wins Business Partnership Award

LONDON, 8 March 2010 – Williams Lea is delighted to have won The Learning Trust Business Partnership Award for its mentoring programme at Stormont House School, Hackney.

Williams Lea is the first private sector organisation to be PAS2020 certified

LONDON, 24 February 2010 - Williams Lea is proud to announce that it has become the first private sector organisation in the UK to have its ability to deliver PAS2020 compliant direct marketing solutions certified by the British Standards Institution.

TSO announces major new platform to accelerate open data drive

TSO (The Stationery Office), the public sector division of Williams Lea, has today announced a partnership with Garlik, the leading semantic technology innovator, to launch the world's most scalable, securely hosted RDF platform

Williams Lea announces new CEO, Americas

NEW YORK, 5 January 2010 - Williams Lea announces the appointment of Tim Rodber as the new CEO of Williams Lea, Americas, effective January 4, 2010.

Williams Lea identifies significant savings for its clients through Royal Mail’s Responsible (1) and Sustainable Mail (2) schemes

LONDON, 11 June 2009 - Williams Lea estimates that its UK client base can generate millions of pounds worth of savings through utilisation of the Royal Mail's Responsible and Sustainable Mail schemes

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Williams Lea Enter $1 Billion Multi-year Print Services Agreement

BOSTON, 3 November 2008 - Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and global Corporate Information Solutions provider Williams Lea announced today that they have entered into a multi-year print services agreement.

Cancer Research UK account earns Williams Lea ‘Best Purchaser-Supplier’ award

LONDON, 23 September 2008 - Williams Lea, the leading global provider of Corporate Information Solutions, has been awarded the prestigious ‘Best Purchaser-Supplier collaboration award’ by The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS).

Coors outsources marketing print to Williams Lea in seven figure deal

LONDON, 20 August 2008 - Coors Brewers Limited has partnered with Williams Lea, a leading provider of Corporate Information Solutions, to manage and drive innovation through its Point of Sale (POS) print spend in the UK.

Deutsche Post World Net to increase stake in Williams Lea

LONDON, 14 March 2008 - Deutsche Post World Net, the world’s leading logistics group, announced today the intention to increase its investment in Williams Lea, the leading global provider of Corporate Information Solutions

North American BPO market predicted to rise to $186.5 bn by 2011

NEW YORK/LONDON, 30 January 2008 - Williams Lea ranked #1 for Document Process Outsourcing by Brown-Wilson Group 2007 report

Williams Lea expands legal offering with LPO business

LONDON, 13 November 2007 - Williams Lea acquires Centric LPO to develop specialist legal service solutions business, in a market estimated to be worth up to $20 billion by 2015

Reader’s Digest Association partners with Williams Lea for global business process outsourcing contract

LONDON/NEW YORK, 30 October 2007 - Industry first: global promotional printing outsourcing initiative with world’s largest global publisher

TSO awarded prestigious Kitemark accreditation

LONDON, 17 April 2007 - London premises proves itself to be a quality service provider

Williams Lea and West Virginia Northern Community College team up to prepare students for workforce

WHEELING, WV, 24 July 2006 - Global leader in Corporate Information Solutions and largest local state community college to create jobs and bolster economy

Williams Lea opens new UK state-of-the-art Corporate Information Centre

LONDON, 27 September 2006 - Williams Lea, the leading global provider of Corporate Information Solutions, officially opened Abbey View, its flagship solutions centre for the UK. ....

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