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What the Spending Review 2025 Means for School Budgets

At School Business Services, we’ve reviewed the government's full Spending Review 2025 and pulled together the key takeaways and what they mean for your budget planning over the next few years.

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SIMS Pay - Planned Maintenance
MIS

Posted on 12th March 2021

SIMS Pay - Planned Maintenance

We have been advised that the SIMS Pay UK site will be down for maintenance on 12/03/2021 between 2pm and 5pm. 

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Security breaches and oversight negligence
ICT

Posted on 11th March 2021

Security breaches and oversight negligence

Security is vital to all businesses and schools are no different. Schools take this subject very seriously to provide a safe environment for staff and students.

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SBS Sync - True Integration for School Finance (IRIS Financials and SBS Budgets)
Financial Planning

Posted on 8th March 2021

SBS Sync - True Integration for School Finance (IRIS Financials and SBS Budgets)

Let's avoid the time taken on confusing .CSV downloads with true integration between SBS Budgets and IRIS Financials.

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Outsourcing ICT Support
ICT

Posted on 4th March 2021

Outsourcing ICT Support

With new technologies constantly being introduced and cyber threats evolving, IT support is essential for any school.

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Building a Resilient Trust Webinar
MIS

Posted on 2nd March 2021

Building a Resilient Trust Webinar

Book your free spot at one of these upcoming webinars in the "Building a Resilient Trust" series from Arbor!

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Heading back to normality (ish)
MIS

Posted on 1st March 2021

Heading back to normality (ish)

With the news that we’re all heading back to class, here’s a reminder of some of the areas in Arbor you may need to change for the 8th March.

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A Recipe for Disaster (avoidance)
ICT

Posted on 18th February 2021

A Recipe for Disaster (avoidance)

Keeping your laptop computer free from food particles and jammy finger marks will not only prevent a build-up of harmful bacteria, it will stop the intrusion of particles that may well affect the operation of in particular, the keyboard.

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Free server audits for MATs
ICT

Posted on 18th February 2021

Free server audits for MATs

Free server audits for MATs - Designed to assess both performance and security

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National Insurance Rates 2021/22
Financial Planning

Posted on 17th February 2021

National Insurance Rates 2021/22

This blog refers to SBS Budgets, our budget management software accessed anywhere via SBS Online. The National Insurance rates for 2021/22 have now been released by the HMRC. As in previous years, t...

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Update regarding the Budget Forecast Return (BFR) for 2021
Finance

Posted on 15th February 2021

Update regarding the Budget Forecast Return (BFR) for 2021

This academic year has been full of deadline and submission amendments and this blog post is no different! In the latest ESFA update (10th February), it has been announced that for 2021, two academi...

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The latest on our ICT Service Desk for schools - Spring 2021
ICT

Posted on 15th February 2021

The latest on our ICT Service Desk for schools - Spring 2021

With unlimited support from just £89/month, our ICT Service Desk is a reliable lifeline for schools, academies and trusts

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Make use of your old laptops
ICT

Posted on 11th February 2021

Make use of your old laptops

Chromebooks have many benefits for today's schools and students, especially in the current climate. Do you have an old laptop, no longer powerful enough to run Windows 10, and readying it for the rec...

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