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Posted on 27th February 2015
In Recent News
We end February with items from the EFA Planner and a couple of announcements made by the EFA shortly before the half term break – just in case you missed them. The EFA are also expected to...
Posted on 25th February 2015
Guest blog post from PW Payroll Solutions
Start planning now for pensions auto enrolment All employers should start planning now for new workplace pension duties as they roll out to medium and small businesses over the coming months. This le...
Posted on 23rd February 2015
National Insurance Changes in 2016 - You can't wait!
The blog this week focuses on changes to National Insurance in 2016 – while this is some time off, these changes will impact upon all schools significantly. The Department for Work and Pensions has...
Posted on 12th February 2015
Are you ready for May 8th 2015?
May the 8th is the day after the next election, when we will know in general terms how education will be funded for the next 5 years. Have you updated your SWOT & PEST to take account of a range o...
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...
Posted on 2nd February 2015
Academy Trusts Spend £26m On Audit Fees
In recent blogs we have reminded you about deadlines for the submission of Audited Accounts, Value for Money Statements and the Annual Accounts Return. On the 20 January the EFA’s own accounts to 31...
Posted on 30th January 2015
Vision for Technology in Education - SBS & Microsoft free ICT Conference!
Vision for Technology in Education Conference – Monday 9th February 2015 Microsoft are running a joint ICT conference with School Business Services specifically designed to help school leadership t...
Posted on 19th January 2015
Terrorism, Elections and School Finance
Whilst there are some important deadlines for schools, recent events require schools to consider their place within the wider community. Proposals and arguments will rage in this pre-election period, ...
Posted on 6th January 2015
Welcome to 2015
Out with the old and in with the new - welcome to 2015. For many academies the period around the year-end is the busiest period for School Business Managers, so we hope Christmas was all you wished fo...
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...
Posted on 18th December 2014
Hour of code for educators
Have you or your school tried the hour of code? Really useful on-line courses to let students try developing and using basic code for computer science and the new ICT curriculum. Almost 5 million pe...
Posted on 3rd December 2014
Office Mix for your classroom!
Office Mix for your classroom - bring your PowerPoint and class alive! Microsoft are offering an extended preview to Office & PowerPoint users to supercharge your presentations, especially good in...