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Financial Planning

Posted on 11th February 2015

Latest news

During January, we have achieved several improvements to the software. Improvement 1 – NI effective dates. Hot on the heels of the salary scale effective dates is a similar roll-out for National I...

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Version table effective dates!
Financial Planning

Posted on 6th January 2015

Version table effective dates!

Our focus toward the end of 2014 was to cater for the new set of support salary scales that came into effect as of 1st January 2015. These new scales are unusual compared to previous, in that differe...

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October saw the introduction of a few low-key, visual enhancements to SBS Online.
Financial Planning

Posted on 6th November 2014

October saw the introduction of a few low-key, visual enhancements to SBS Online.

We were conscious that our focus had been on functionality over appearance for some time. A number of our customers had been requesting a more formal reporting appearance with some additional audit d...

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Our big development news from September was the completion of stage 2 of our multi-actions release
Financial Planning

Posted on 7th October 2014

Our big development news from September was the completion of stage 2 of our multi-actions release

In July, we introduced the ability to select and delete multiple items through a single process with minimal clicks. This latest release takes it a few steps further: users are now able to select mult...

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Welcome back!
Financial Planning

Posted on 5th September 2014

Welcome back!

Latest news We had a number of projects on the go during the summer break; we have been working hard on our website as well as SBS Online developments. August saw us deliver one significant item whi...

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Latest news
Financial Planning

Posted on 4th August 2014

Latest news

There were two releases in July – early and late. The first release introduced a button which allows users to automatically increment salary scales on any given contract. Upon pressing the button, ...

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June saw the culmination in a lot of hard work and time invested in development and testing.
Financial Planning

Posted on 2nd July 2014

June saw the culmination in a lot of hard work and time invested in development and testing.

We released a new type of reporting code – Cost Centres. In many ways Cost Centres are similar to Analysis Tags, as they are independent of both your budget codes and the financial reporting codes....

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What happened in April...
Financial Planning

Posted on 1st May 2014

What happened in April...

Although there was no official release in April, a lot of work went on behind the scenes. We completely re-built the salary forecast calculators which sit behind the interface. The result (after a gre...

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March release items
Financial Planning

Posted on 2nd April 2014

March release items

The main March release saw the introduction of new Statutory and Occupational Maternity Pay calculation tables in your SBS Online planner. As a result, it is now possible to select, by budget, if you...

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February release items
Financial Planning

Posted on 4th February 2014

February release items

Wow - that was a seriously busy month! We had not one, but TWO significant releases of new and improved functionality. Firstly we released 'Charts and Graphs'. On many report pages you will now see a ...

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January release items
Financial Planning

Posted on 3rd February 2014

January release items

January saw one of our most significant releases since version 11 went live. We completely revamped the staffing contract screen. For some of you this was a long time coming, but we wanted to make sur...

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Not one, but TWO releases in May...
Financial Planning

Posted on 3rd February 2014

Not one, but TWO releases in May...

Our early May release introduced 'contract types' to SBS Online, enabling schools to create multiple types of teacher and support contracts. Assigned to each 'contract type' are settings for weeks per...

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