LONDON, August 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Pizza Express
partners with ThirdForce, the UK's leading technology enabled
learning provider, to implement an innovative eLearning, training
and development programme. The two-phase implementation follows the
completion of a successful pilot scheme across 35 of its sites and
the organisation, part of the market-leading Gondola Group, will
complete the roll-out in 2011.
In the first two months of the pilot programme, 83 courses were
completed, generating savings estimated at GBP5,000 when compared with face-to-face
training. Regulatory compliance e-learning courses in Foundation
Food Safety, Foundation Health and Safety, DDA and content
developed in-house lead the programme, with learning assigned,
monitored and reported through ThirdForce's learning management
system, AIMS(TM). The potential for cost reductions across the
wider business are self evident and high value is placed on the
successful employee development opportunities that the programme
offers for more than 9,500 staff.
Mark Angela, CEO of Pizza
Express, commented: "We want to attract really good people to our
business. Those people coming in should feel that the standard of
training and development that they receive is second to none and
that they couldn't get anything else like it in any other casual
dining business."
The organisation is delivering the training via ThirdForce's
el-box(TM), a tablet PC similar in size to a standard laptop, with
a touch sensitive, flip-top screen and a robust design that is
preloaded with the necessary catalogue of courses. Mark Angela describes the el-box(TM), which
gives 24/7 access in Pizza Express restaurants, as "a real game
changer for us."
Pizza Express HR Director Julie
MacDonald commented: "Instead of touching a few people and
making them travel quite large distances we can touch 9,500 people
with the quality of training and development I think they
deserve."
Marco Faccini, head of
hospitality & leisure, ThirdForce UK and International,
commented: "Pizza Express has one of the best learning cultures I
have ever seen. The organisation recognises that the people are the
key asset in the business and this level of employee investment is
unprecedented in these current times. We are very excited at the
partnership we will be forging over the coming years."
Pui Ho, Head of Training and
Development at Pizza Express commented: "I have used e-Learning
throughout my career and know the scope of this fabulous learning
method. I look forward to being able to maximise the el-box and
drive our learning and development activities through it."
Mark Angela concluded: "Pizza
Express is deadly serious about training, we don't just talk it, we
walk it!"
For further information, please visit
http://www.ThirdForce.co.uk and http://www.gondolaholdings.com.
About ThirdForce
ThirdForce is an established provider of technology enabled
learning solutions and services deployed in more than 30 countries.
Working with over 2,500 customers across all major industries, our
e-learning and e-assessment solutions have reached over 17 million
learners.
A leading specialist in its field, the company has over 25
years' experience, providing a strong platform to evolve, grow and
embrace new technologies and concepts.
All products combine the latest innovations in e-learning and
unique wrap-around services and infrastructure to provide you with
a complete solution. The company's extensive portfolio of over
4,000 courses encompasses: Compliance Training, IT Professional
Certification, IT Desktop Skills, Business and Personal Skills,
Talent Management, NVQ Provision, Skills for Life, Support
Services, Hardware and Systems.
ThirdForce is a people oriented company and understands the need
for organisations to offer the right type and level of training
whenever and wherever it's needed. The company specialise in
aligning training to meet organisational goals in order to maximise
employee performance and achieve business success.
With International HQ in London, US HQ in Columbus, Ohio and regional offices in
Ireland and Canada, ThirdForce continues to expand into
new sectors and markets with developing product portfolios.
For further details contact info@thirdforce.com
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