Company history

Important dates in the development of Channel Crossings

• 2008 - In the spring of 2008 we successfully pass CEPRES:2007 certification and became a holder of the certificate Professional provider of translation services
• 2007 - In February we are granted ISO 9001:2001 certification, thus confirming the high quality of Channel Crossings services.
• 2006 - As a partner for the conference FORUM 2000, we provide interpreting services.
• 2006 - A separate project section is established at the company with responsibility for organising projects of the European Social Fund. In the first year we worked on two European projects.
• 2005 - We enter the competition For the Best Company with Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the Czech Republic for 2005, and receive a special award in the small firms category.
• 2004 - We receive the award European Label 2004 for innovative projects in language teaching and learning.
• 2003 - In the spring of 2003 we celebrate 10 years of successful activity in the home market.
• 2002 - The branches on Dřevná and Palackého streets are combined in a new and modern office building on Lazarská street 8/13E, Prague 2.
• 2001 - At the language school in Prague - Radotín we open multimedia classrooms with 15 PCs and language software EuroPlus+ Reward.
• 1999 - We open a further education centre at Palackého 15.
• 1998 - We open a new education centre at Vrážská 238, in Prague 5 - Radotín.
• 1998 - Channel Crossings was classified in Decree 183/98 Sb. MŠMT ČR among schools providing one-year language study for school leavers, which for the purposes of state social security and pension insurance is considered study at high school or university.
• 1997 - We open a branch at Dřevná 4, Prague 2.
• 1996 - We expand our activities and establish a new section Study Abroad, which arranges language courses abroad in cooperation with a range of accredited foreign schools around the world.
• 1994 - The language agency increases the scope of its services to include other foreign languages - German, French, Spanish, Italian etc.
• 1993 - Mgr. Lenka Pavilková and Floyd Curtis establish the language agency focussed on individual and group lessons of English as well as translation and interpreting services in English.