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February 11 2015
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...
Academy Trusts Spend £26m On Audit Fees
February 02 2015
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...
Vision for Technology in Education - SBS & Microsoft free ICT Conference!
January 30 2015
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...
Terrorism, Elections and School Finance
January 19 2015
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, ...
Welcome to 2015
January 06 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...
Version table effective dates!
January 06 2015
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...
Hour of code for educators
December 18 2014
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...
Office Mix for your classroom!
December 03 2014
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...
Remembrance & Future Opportunities
November 12 2014
For many November is a time for reflection. This is also true with Academy Finances, as the final adjustments are made by auditors across the land. Academies also need to look forward. Those looking t...
October saw the introduction of a few low-key, visual enhancements to SBS Online.
November 06 2014
We were conscious that our focus had been on functionality over appearance for some time.
A number of our customers had been requesting a more formal reporting appearance with some additional audit d...
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