Pizza Express Launches ThirdForce e-learning Training and Development Programme

LONDON, August 19, 2010 - 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
www.ThirdForce.co.uk and 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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