Blogs & Updates
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Accredited Support for all leading MIS products
April 13 2022
The MIS Service Desk offers help desk, phone and email support for Arbor, Bromcom, IRIS Ed:gen, ESS SIMS and ScholarPack
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GAG pooling - A write up of our budgeting webinar for Multi Academy Trusts
April 08 2022
As part of the SBS Coffee Club, we recently hosted a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) budgeting webinar on GAG pooling.
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Meet Marcus - Supervisor of the SBS Online support team
March 25 2022
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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SIMS & FMS Spring Release 2022 - Annual Entitlement Keys
March 25 2022
The upcoming SIMS & FMS Spring 2022 Release (SIMS Version 7.204) will include an Annual Entitlement check built into the SIMS & FMS Applications.
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April Training Courses
March 24 2022
Take a look at what we have got coming up in April!
Our training courses are ideal for maximising the use of your system, training your team or to prepare you for a new role in a school.
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New Remote Service - Power BI Attendance Reports
March 15 2022
We have produced a series of reports for Primary and Secondary Schools to provide in depth analysis of your SIMS Attendance data over any date range in the current year.
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View My Financial Insights (VMFI) tool
March 11 2022
We wanted to make our Finance & Accountancy blog subscribers aware of the View My Financial Insights (VMFI) tool
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SBS MIS now supports IRIS Ed:gen!
March 09 2022
We're proud to share the news: SBS is now an IRIS platinum certified partner for education!
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School Energy Contract Renewals - Coffee Club roundup and recording
March 07 2022
Over a 130 participants registered for the “Energy Ticking Timebomb” webinar hosted by School Business Services, co-presented by Tim Warneford and James Robson MD of Powerful Allies.
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The benefits of employing school Fundraising Support Staff
February 23 2022
It is becoming more common for schools to appoint a fundraiser either full time at the larger secondary level or part time for smaller and primary schools.
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