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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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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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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 - New functionality for MATs
Financial Planning

Posted on 15th March 2022

SBS Budgets Spring Update 2022 - New functionality for MATs

The SBS Budgets Spring Update brings significant enhancements for MAT process streamlining.

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SBS Budgets update - NJC Support Salary Scales April 2021 and Provisional Teacher Scales 2022/23 & 2023/24
Financial Planning

Posted on 9th March 2022

SBS Budgets update - NJC Support Salary Scales April 2021 and Provisional Teacher Scales 2022/23 & 2023/24

The NJC Support Scales for 2021 and Provisional Teacher Scales 2022/23 & 2023/24 have now been confirmed.

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About the SBS Budgets integration with Arbor MIS and IRIS Financials
Financial Planning

Posted on 3rd March 2022

About the SBS Budgets integration with Arbor MIS and IRIS Financials

SBS Budgets is the leading integrated budget planning software. Did you know it synchronises with Arbor and IRIS Financials? And the integration is free!

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SBS Budgets update - National Insurance, Maternity Pay and Temporary NJC Increase 2022/23
Financial Planning

Posted on 28th February 2022

SBS Budgets update - National Insurance, Maternity Pay and Temporary NJC Increase 2022/23

The latest National Insurance, Maternity SMP rates and a temporary increase for NJC scales 1 and 2 have been announced by the government.

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SBS Budgets user workshop - Budget Setting
Financial Planning

Posted on 2nd February 2022

SBS Budgets user workshop - Budget Setting

We are delivering another free webinar focusing on budget setting.

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Make sure you don’t under-forecast backdated pay awards
Financial Planning

Posted on 14th December 2021

Make sure you don’t under-forecast backdated pay awards

We all know that pay awards never go through on the dates you expect them to/budget for.

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MAT Centralisation under the spotlight
Financial Planning

Posted on 16th November 2021

MAT Centralisation under the spotlight

This article provides news and insight on MAT centralisation. SBS' experience with MAT operations has delivered some findings which you may find useful.

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Sync staff data at the touch of a button - SBS Budgets and Arbor now integrated!
Financial Planning

Posted on 10th November 2021

Sync staff data at the touch of a button - SBS Budgets and Arbor now integrated!

SBS Sync now includes leading MIS software, Arbor. Plan your budget more easily and accurately by syncing your data directly from Arbor MIS into SBS Budgets.

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A day in the life of an SBS Online Consultant
Financial Planning

Posted on 13th August 2021

A day in the life of an SBS Online Consultant

I have realised that in this job there is never a standard day. I may be working on development and testing for a release one day, then providing training and service desk support for our users the next.

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