In November 2017 the announcement that ISDN / PSTN Telephony would be switched off in 2025 seemed like an ambitious target. Fast forward five years and the process is well underway, with a “stop sell” announced at hundreds of exchanges and scheduled for hundreds more in the near future. The

This week, we are joined by Vernon Cox, Business Development Director for Harrison Catering Services to focus on a subject that is hitting us all very hard currently. Whether you contract out or run an in-house catering service, when it comes to current challenges with your catering provision, there are

This week Chris Jermy,  Head of Business Development, Education from Zenergi and Bryan McAlpine , Head of Sustainability from DB Group join Lorraine. Schools can no longer ignore their responsibility to act on what could be the biggest threat humanity has ever faced and the single biggest challenge facing our

Up to £14 million of funding is to be made available by The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in Phase 3 of the Salix Low Carbon Skills Fund (LCSF). Join Chris Jermy, Head of Business Development, Education, in this session where he’ll share his wisdom and experience

A small number of changes happened to the UK’s procurement processes post-Brexit, but there are are many more to come! Join Minerva’s Director, Lorraine Ashover, for an in-depth look at the current state of public sector procurement, the recent Green Paper, and what you need to consider for your school’s

Join our webinar to understand how a school building condition survey will help you manage the long-term financial planning of your school estate. In this session we’ll discuss how a survey can enable planned maintenance and management backed up by comprehensive data to identify the lifecycle costings of your assets

Join our guest presenter, Darren Rose from D.H.R. Consultancy, for our January webinar on Data Protection and learn how to protect your school budget whilst being a graceful swan! Darren is a Freelance Data Protection Officer, Data Privacy Trainer and Consultant and his webinar will cover: The presentation will include

Join our guest presenter, Lucy Hutton from FusionHR, for our November webinar on Managing Staff Attendance Effectively. Lucy will highlight how you can save time and money – always key issues for school business managers and bursars! The webinar will focus on: Lucy is Head of Business Development and HR

Future proof your school and help your Net Zero journey by looking at the opportunity for installing Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers on your site. With the planned ban on the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030, EVs have a vital role to play in eliminating fossil fuels and

In order to meet the UK’s Net Zero Carbon target, schools need to improve energy efficiency, and reduce carbon emissions in their buildings. But where do you start? Identify, understand, quantify, and prioritise the energy saving opportunities across your building portfolio with an energy audit. An audit can play a

Legal contracts can be an absolute minefield if you don’t know what you are looking at.  Join us as we hear from Katherine Douse, Senior Associate with Knights plc, where she will talk us through: If you’re involved in signing off contracts in your school, then this is a must

With all the upheaval of the Covid pandemic, you would be completely forgiven if you have missed the Brexit-related changes to school procurement. OJEU is out but the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 remain!But what does this mean for you? Join Minerva’s own Lorraine Ashover for an in depth discussion of

We’re joined by Phil Webster, Executive Director at Gallagher, for an update on Insurance cover for schools and how to achieve best value from procurement exercises on Insurance and Risk Management services and provision. Phil specialises in the Education sector and has over 15 years education and experience and over

With big changes coming to telephone networks and lines in 2025, Sebastian Birch, Director of Focus Group joins us for our April webinar to discuss the future of telephony: The withdrawal of the traditional BT network (analogue and ISDN): what is happening and whyHow these changes will affect your schoolWhat

With schools now outsourcing a wider range of services to varying service providers or contractors, it can be difficult to keep track of them. In this webinar, we’ll focus on two very emotive contracts: catering and cleaning operations. Are you: Then join Minerva’s very own Lucy Gittins, Procurement Account Manager,