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Posted on 4th August 2014
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There were two releases in July – early and late. The first release introduced a button which allows users to automatically increment salary scales on any given contract. Upon pressing the button, ...
Posted on 23rd July 2014
Few Things Before You Go
Whilst many academies and schools have finished, with pupils enjoying the summer weather, there are still a few things for School Business Managers to tidy up before they head off on holiday. In this ...
Posted on 15th July 2014
Breaking Up
Boys and girls go out to play, the sooner the better the teachers say. Parents like to have a say and collect the children at the end of the day. Business manager’s tell the head nay and chase tho...
Posted on 11th July 2014
Tour De Force - Managing Finances
A short blog this week. With the Tour de France passing through my home town – yes I’m based in sunny Yorkshire! – there has not been too much time for blogging. As the title to this blog sugge...
Posted on 2nd July 2014
June saw the culmination in a lot of hard work and time invested in development and testing.
We released a new type of reporting code – Cost Centres. In many ways Cost Centres are similar to Analysis Tags, as they are independent of both your budget codes and the financial reporting codes....
Posted on 30th June 2014
Hello July
I am disappointed that my week away lasted longer than England’s world cup campaign. And like those England supporters who were expecting to manage their cash over several weeks, changes to the timi...
Posted on 23rd June 2014
Taking a short break
Stephen is having a short break so I'm afraid there's no insightful post from him this week. I hope you're not too disappointed, and please be assured that he will be back next week with his pearls o...
Posted on 9th June 2014
One Direction In Accounts Direction
In the week that One Direction played Wembley Stadium, we got the first chance to look at the Department for Education’s Accounts Direction for 2014. Whilst it is recommended that the 150 page docu...
Posted on 2nd June 2014
Flaming June
For some the half term break will have provided time to re-charge the batteries before the final sprint finish to the end of the school year - I hope you were one of these. For academies this is also ...
Posted on 21st May 2014
The Heat Is On!
The warm weather has arrived at last. And no doubt things are warming up in the school office too. Academies should be well on the way to developing the detail of their 2014/2015 budget, returns requ...
Posted on 7th May 2014
Building for the Future
The Summer Term highlights the need for all academies and schools to plan for the future. School Development Plans for the 2014-2015 academic year should be finalised, with academies having to submit ...
Posted on 1st May 2014
What happened in April...
Although there was no official release in April, a lot of work went on behind the scenes. We completely re-built the salary forecast calculators which sit behind the interface. The result (after a gre...