As of the 1st of May the English language and e-learning departments of Smart Business Communications have joined the ICB group. Smart has 15 years experience in the development and delivery of Business English training predominantly for the banking and financial sectors in Paris with a team of highly experienced trainers, administrators and IT specialists.
ICB and ICB Europe director Eric Wrobley has been selected to be a member of the French committee to participate in the creation of a new international ISO standard specific to language schools. A first ISO technical workgroup session will take place on the 20th of May in Beijing.
ICB Europe is 10 years old! December 2009 marks our 10th anniversary of quality English language training. These first 10 years have been a constant effort to be or become a good language school. The goal of the future is to become excellent.
The International Communication Brokers group (ICB and ICB Europe) is a language training and linguistic consultancy firm specialized in professional communication in English within the corporate sector.
ICB Europe was founded in the year 2000 after buying the clientele of a language school that had been around since 1993. ICB came into existence in 2006 with a special tax status making it exempt from charging sales tax. In 2010 the ICB group integrated the training and e-learning activities of Smart Business Communications.
Convinced that progress goes hand in hand with pleasure, we establish clearly defined objectives with our participants. Our “communicative method” of English language training is personalized and directly linked to the needs and professional activity of each participant enabling them to gain confidence rapidly and to become professionally operational in English.
We hold the ISQ OPQF label of quality which attests to our professionalism and internal policy of quality and constant improvement.
The ICB group participates actively on the ISO Technical Committee 232 which is working toward the creation of a new international ISO standard specific to language training institutions.
A member of FFP (Professional Training Federation), the ICB group actively participates in the promotion and development of the profession.