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Sponge UK makes top 50 in Sunday Times Best Companies list
Sponge UK has been named among the best places to work in the country in a leading workplace study published by the Sunday Times. The company was placed at 49 in the Sunday Times list of 100 Best Small Companies to Work, 2016. The ranking is based on feedback surveys where staff are asked to rate their employer across a range of areas including pay, conditions, teamwork, leadership and wellbeing. The Best Companies lists have been conducted
annually since 2001. Sponge UK is the only e-learning provider in the top 50 list of best small companies this year. Sponge UK was benchmarked against more than 700 small businesses seeking accreditation and achieved the highest three-star rating after being assessed as “exceptional.” Louise Pasterfield, managing director at Sponge
UK, said: “This is the first time we have taken part in the Best Companies scheme so to go straight into the top 50 is something we are all very proud of. Helping our people to learn and grow is a central part of our mission statement at Sponge. It’s something we take very seriously as a learning organisation and we’re delighted our approach to personal development has been recognised as part of this award.” Opportunities for personal growth were identified as being particularly strong at Sponge with the company getting a 90% positive score in the research. The business also scored 91% as a fun and friendly place to work.
More than 65 people work at Sponge UK’s headquarters in Plymouth in South West England. Learning Pool was also in the list at number 77
Learning Technologies Group doubles profit
AIM quoted Learning Technologies Group plc has posted audited results for the year ended 31 December 2015, a year which saw revenue increase to £19.9 million from £14.9 million, an increase of 33%. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) was more than double at £4.3 million, compared to £2.1 million the previous year. And EBITDA margin also increased, up from 14% in 2014 to 21% in 2015. Jonathan Satchell, Chief Executive Officer of LTG, said: “We have established a strong platform on which we can build and the Group is delivering to plan. I believe that LTG is very well placed to achieve a prominent position in a highly fragmented, growing market, currently estimated to be worth £140 billion.
The Learning Technologies Awards
New name, new categories, expanded 2016 programme
The 2016 E-learning Awards has been launched and re-branded as The Learning Technologies Awards. CloserStill Media, organisers of Europe’s leading
L&D event, Learning Technologies and the annual E-Learning Awards, made the move in order to broaden the focus to cover the whole learning technology and e-learning market. It also brings the programme in line with its other ‘Learning Technologies’ branded events and products. The Awards scheme is widely regarded as the premiere one within the learning industry with over 400 awards entries last year and more than 700
guests attending the gala evening at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge in London, UK in November 2015. Awards organiser Mark Penton said: “The
E-Learning Awards are undoubtedly one of the highlights of the year for the L&D community and aligning the awards with the Learning Technologies brand and market will certainly broaden its scope and appeal moving forward". The Learning Technologies Awards showcase some of the most recognisable, memorable and life-changing uses of learning technologies across the learning industry and are open to organisations of all
Be a winner in 2016
Take a look at all the new and revised categories for 2016 at
www.learningtechnologiesawards.co.uk. You can enter as many as you like. The cost of registering your entries is £160 + VAT per individual entry.
Enter now at:
www.learningtechnologiesawards.co.uk You can also find out all the key dates you’ll need, as well as top tips for entering and much more.
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sizes. Independently judged to the highest and most rigorous of standards, there is no greater recognition of excellence, hard work and commitment to learning technologies than winning a Learning Technologies Award. The eLearning
Network will continue as the judging partner and e.learning age, also owned by Closer Still, will remain the official publication of the Awards.
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