The period since the school shutdown has been furiously busy for school business professionals. The past few weeks have been a curious mix of firefighting shutdown related issues and some tentative f…

Lord Agnew made great claims about SRMAs – or school resource management advisers – just before he was moved from the DfE to the Cabinet Office and Treasury in February’s government reshuffle.   It …

At a time where there seems to be not much other than bad news, I was thrilled to discover that I have been named as a finalist in the 'Most Inspiring Business Person' award category in the National E…

“Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behaviour. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behaviour.” Visa credit card founder Dee Hock’s comm…

Should I stay or should I go… My article is about employee retention and I thought this song title was very apt.  Unless you are going through a period of downsizing, most decisions about staying or …

UK online sales in 2016 reached £133bn and in total £25bn was spent online in the runup to Christmas between November 13 and Christmas Eve.* Today there are many opportunities out there for you to fu…

I’ve come across several examples recently, including two which concerned me greatly, which highlight the importance of post contract award implementation and mobilisation. A contract has been awarded…

BackgroundThe education sector must consider many factors when introducing a telephony system. Schools look for three things in a phone system - resilience, safety and efficiency. The phone system sup…

Will Schools Benefit from Business Rates Appeals? Within the Education sector, many schools are having to weigh up the impact their rates bills will have, and whether the school's business rates are …

We all know that planning is fundamental to achieving the best results, whether it is to ensure the correct resources are in place for the start of your academic year, or whether it is to be certain t…