Blogs & Updates

How the UK Budget 2025-26 Will Impact Schools and Education
  November 12 2024
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.
SBS Budgets video - How to apply NI changes to your budget planner
  October 06 2022
The NI rates have changed and SBS Budgets allows you to accurately reforecast your budget scenario and realise the impact on your school or trust.
SBS Budgets update - National Insurance, Maternity Pay and Temporary NJC Increase 2022/23
  February 28 2022
The latest National Insurance, Maternity SMP rates and a temporary increase for NJC scales 1 and 2 have been announced by the government.
National Insurance Rates 2021/22
  February 17 2021
This blog refers to SBS Budgets, our budget management software accessed anywhere via SBS Online. The National Insurance rates for 2021/22 have now been released by the HMRC. As in previous years, t...
National Insurance rates 2020-2021
  April 01 2020

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There is a new set of National Insurance rates tables which will need to be entered into your SIMS system for 2020-2021. Download the new NI tables here → If you don’t feel like adding these in...
National Insurance rates 2020/21
  March 05 2020
This blog refers to SBS Budgets, our budget management software accessed anywhere via SBS Online. The National Insurance rates for 2020/21 have now been released by the HMRC. As in previous years, t...
National Insurance Rates 2019/2020 for SIMS .net
  March 05 2019

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As you are no doubt aware there are a new set of National Insurance Rates Tables which will need to be entered into your SIMS system Download the new NI Tables! ➝ If you don’t feel like adding ...
New 2019/20 National Insurance Calculations
  February 04 2019
The new 2019/20 National Insurance table is now available for you to apply to your budgets. From April 2019, the employer contribution rate of 13.8% will remain the same, but the thresholds have bee...
New 2018/19 National Insurance Calculations
  February 22 2018
The new 2018/19 National Insurance table is now available for you to apply to your budgets. From April 2018, the employer contribution rate of 13.8% will remain the same, but the thresholds have bee...
National Insurance Rates for 2018-19 in SIMS Personnel
  February 21 2018

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Another year, another set of NI figures for you to enter into SIMS Personnel Exciting news as always in the SIMS world, with the new NI figures being available (This year with fewer bands). Unlike ...