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Sponge opens

Bristol office

Digital learning firm Sponge UK has

announced its latest expansion, with the

opening of a new office in Bristol. It

brings to five the number of bases the

company now has across the UK and

Ireland.

Sponge says it chose Bristol for its new

office because of the city's reputation as

a thriving digital and creative hub, and

the availability of skilled employees.

According to the Office for National

Statistics and the 2018 Tech Nation

report, Bristol tops the UK chart for

productivity in the digital tech sector.

The new office at CityPoint in Temple

Gate is advertising for learning designers,

project managers and developers.

Louise Pasterfield, founder and

managing director at Sponge, said:

"When we were looking for a new

location to expand into, we were

immediately drawn to what Bristol has to

offer. It has been named as a globally

significant tech cluster and it is home to a

number of world-class creative

companies.

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Taking the

leadership

development pulse

Towards Maturity and Skillsoft are

launching research into leadership

development. The research, The

Leadership Pulse, aims to profile

leadership building capability within the

context of creating learning experience

within the work flow.

Inviting the L&D profession and others in

the workplace to participate, The Pulse

review is aiming to explore:

• As the world of work changes how

leadership development will change;

• What HR and L&OD [learning and

organisational development] need to

do differently;

• What holds back transformation and

overcoming challenges to leadership

development;

• How organisations measure the

impact of leadership and

development.

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