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,

If you haven’t already heard, the longstanding ways of catering contractors investing in your catering equipment as part of their financial support for new and renewing contracts has changed. Investing in the equipment and then depreciating it over the term of the catering contract has recently been confirmed as a

A bite-sized webinar with our friends from Zenergi Join this session to understand how to hibernate your school if it is closed, or minimise your energy usage if you are still open but operating in a reduced capacity. Their experts will share top tips and answer any questions you have