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How the UK Budget 2025-26 Will Impact Schools and Education

Discover how the UK Budget 2025-26 impacts schools in England and Wales. Get the full breakdown for school leaders on budget changes and funding allocations.

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My Experience of leading a Product Development Project
Financial Planning

Posted on 22nd February 2024

My Experience of leading a Product Development Project

I am Director of Operations and Digital at School Business Services, a company which provides education-specific professional services, including Finance, MIS, and ICT. We also provide Financial Planning Software – previously SBS Budgets, now SBS Financial Planner.

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Your Summary Notes: CFO & COO INSIDER - Benchmarking & Curriculum-Led Budgeting
Finance

Posted on 11th December 2023

Your Summary Notes: CFO & COO INSIDER - Benchmarking & Curriculum-Led Budgeting

On December 7th we delivered the latest CFO & COO INSIDER - a live, regular discussion about the trust finance topics that matter most.

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Now in force! How to budget for the Teachers Pay Awards
Finance

Posted on 8th November 2023

Now in force! How to budget for the Teachers Pay Awards

The Teachers Pay Award September 2023 has now come into force, as of Friday 3rd November. Here's 5 tips from our Finance & Accounting team.

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SBS Financial Planner roadmap 2023/24
Financial Planning

Posted on 6th September 2023

SBS Financial Planner roadmap 2023/24

The new academic year has arrived, and we're bringing you an SBS Financial Planner update to kick off 2023/24.

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SBS Roadshow - autumn term 2023/24
Finance

Posted on 1st September 2023

SBS Roadshow - autumn term 2023/24

Are we headed to your area? School Business Services are scheduling a roadshow for the autumn term.

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SBS Budgets software update: MAT Budget by School Report
Financial Planning

Posted on 27th April 2023

SBS Budgets software update: MAT Budget by School Report

MAT Budget by School Report has now been added to our Multi-School reporting suite.

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SBS Budgets software update: Admin Console, Multi-School Report and Quick Salary Calculator
Financial Planning

Posted on 13th March 2023

SBS Budgets software update: Admin Console, Multi-School Report and Quick Salary Calculator

On Friday 10th March we deployed our latest enhancements to SBS Budgets, further underpinning our commitment to ongoing development.

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SBS Budgets software update: Every HR integration, Student Fees, IRIS sync & more
Financial Planning

Posted on 1st February 2023

SBS Budgets software update: Every HR integration, Student Fees, IRIS sync & more

On Tuesday 31st January we deployed our latest enhancements to SBS Budgets, further underpinning our commitment to ongoing development. For more detail, please read on…

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Teacher Strike Days service update
Finance

Posted on 20th January 2023

Teacher Strike Days service update

This blog is designed to give SBS customers the latest guidance around the Teacher Strike Days.

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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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