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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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SBS Budgets software update - Reforecasting now available! 
Financial Planning

Posted on 1st December 2022

SBS Budgets software update - Reforecasting now available! 

With so many twists and turns during the year, you need confidence in your financial position. We've improved SBS Budgets again and added new functionality! 

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SBS Budgets update - IRIS Sync setup guidance via our Assist app
Financial Planning

Posted on 13th October 2022

SBS Budgets update - IRIS Sync setup guidance via our Assist app

It's worth reminding our users that the PSF/IRIS Sync Tool can be very useful in reducing time spent on transferring data from SBS Budgets into your IRIS Financials system.

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SBS Budgets software update: NI, Student Fees, CoA
Financial Planning

Posted on 10th October 2022

SBS Budgets software update: NI, Student Fees, CoA

At SBS, our product team are always hard at work developing SBS Budgets to meet the needs and challenges of our users.

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SBS Budgets video - How to apply NI changes to your budget planner
Financial Planning

Posted on 6th October 2022

SBS Budgets video - How to apply NI changes to your budget planner

The NI rates have changed and SBS Budgets allows you to accurately reforecast your budget scenario and realise the impact on your school or trust.

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SBS Budgets update - NJC Support and Teacher Scales 2022
Financial Planning

Posted on 8th August 2022

SBS Budgets update - NJC Support and Teacher Scales 2022

We have released support and teacher scales into SBS Budgets

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SBS Budgets update - Teacher starting salaries increase
Financial Planning

Posted on 20th July 2022

SBS Budgets update - Teacher starting salaries increase

Teachers across the country will benefit from pay increases of between 5% and 8.9% from September, as the government has now fully accepted pay recommendations from the independent School Teachers’ Review Body for the next academic year.

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GAG pooling - A write up of our budgeting webinar for Multi Academy Trusts
Financial Planning

Posted on 8th April 2022

GAG pooling - A write up of our budgeting webinar for Multi Academy Trusts

As part of the SBS Coffee Club, we recently hosted a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) budgeting webinar on GAG pooling.

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School Budgeting Monthly Roundup - March
Financial Planning

Posted on 31st March 2022

School Budgeting Monthly Roundup - March

It’s been an exciting month in the world of school and MAT budgeting, so let's summarise the headlines.

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Meet Marcus - Supervisor of the SBS Online support team
Financial Planning

Posted on 25th March 2022

Meet Marcus - Supervisor of the SBS Online support team

Following a series of insightful articles from our staff about their day-to-day roles, we wanted to introduce the SBS Online Supervisor, Marcus Peedell.

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SBS Budgets Spring Update 2022
Financial Planning

Posted on 18th March 2022

SBS Budgets Spring Update 2022

The SBS Budgets Spring Update brings three significant enhancements for process streamlining, software integration and staff CPD.

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SBS Budgets Spring Update 2022 - SBS Assist for ‘how to’ guides, CPD hints and tips
Financial Planning

Posted on 17th March 2022

SBS Budgets Spring Update 2022 - SBS Assist for ‘how to’ guides, CPD hints and tips

The SBS Budgets Spring Update has delivered three significant enhancements for users. This blog focuses on SBS Assist, which hosts a range of ‘how to’ guides for all SBS Online software.The SBS Budgets Spring Update has delivered three significant enhancements for users. This blog focuses on SBS Assist, which hosts a range of ‘how to’ guides for all SBS Online software.

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SBS Budgets Spring Update 2022 - SBS Budgets now integrates with ESS SIMS
Financial Planning

Posted on 16th March 2022

SBS Budgets Spring Update 2022 - SBS Budgets now integrates with ESS SIMS

The SBS Budgets Spring Update brings significant enhancements for software integration, with ESS SIMS integration now enabled.

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