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Digital learning company opened new office in Temple Gate, Bristol


Sponge, a digital learning and technology company with a Plymouth HQ, has opened a new office in Bristol
 
The office at CityPoint in Temple Gate is the fifth location for Plymouth-headquartered Sponge, and its second in the South West.
 
As part of its ongoing expansion, Sponge is planning to increase employee numbers to 300 within the next five years and to open more offices in Europe and in the US.
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South-West has joint second highest absence rates in Britain


A report from the HR website XpertHR shows that median sickness absence rates in the South-West were 2.8% in 2017, which is joint with the North-West and only beaten by Wales at 3%. (The others were the North East and Scotland jointly with 2.5%, South East at 2.3% and London at 2%.) Absence rates are highest in large organisations and in the public sector. The survey was based on responses from 287 organisations with a combined workforce of 398,453 employees.