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AST Authors are a technical documentation studio based in Hertfordshire. Consisting of a team of dedicated people, with complimentary skillsets working in perfect harmony with each other.
We love what we do, are customer focused, transparent and open, and always want to do the best for our clients.
We share your passion for your business, your product and embracing responsibility for your company’s reputation.
We have experience across many industries, and are always happy to add more.
We have helped large businesses, and very small ones including start-ups launching new products.
We have a core authoring team and a further team of trusted independent writers, who we can call upon for individual projects. This allows us to quickly assemble a customised team for any project. We are experienced working with fixed price projects and providing staff on a contract basis.
We work closely with trusted graphic illustrators and translators to compliment our service to offer you a single source solution.
We embrace new technology including supporting our clients with the increasing need for web content, illustrations and translation. Including making the same documentation multi-purpose for a variety of different uses.
AST have been doing this for over 50 years in some form, and our current team go back 25 years with the business.
As an SME our clients are our lifeblood, so we love feedback to help us improve 😉
We look forward to helping you!
Kind regards,
The AST Authors Team
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A brief history
Our history dates back to 1967 when on the 14th April Author Services (Technical) Ltd was incorporated.
Over the next half a century the company has continually operated by evolving with the times. Relocating a number of times around the Hertfordshire area as business environments dictated. This has seen AST operating offices from Hitchin and Ware, operating a specialist site office in Sunninghill, to where finally we find ourselves today in Letchworth Garden City.
Throughout these transitions the company maintained the same core staff, business values and practices allowing the experience and skills learnt through many years enrich the company.
In 2017 we celebrated our 50th anniversary.
As of 2021 the company is under new ownership, transferring outside of the previously held family ownership. The company, now owned and operated by the existing management, has entering into a new era operating with one foot into the future, embracing developments in technical authoring. An era where quality management, customer satisfaction, staff wellbeing and our social responsibilities are key drivers in all that we do.
We would like to thank all our suppliers, staff and clients who have supported the company throughout this time and we look forward to this continuing to the benefit us all.