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HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH SCHOOLS IN THE SUMMER BREAK
28 July 2016
Schools are not all out for summer
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Chancellor announces all schools to become academies
16 March 2016
**GOOD NEWS FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIERS**
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Why schools are encouraged to rate and review their suppliers
29 February 2016
Schools have the platform to share their experiences of suppliers and are called upon to get involved in order to help each other
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Top 5 education marketing updates for 2016
01 January 2016
This year's valuable update for school suppliers ensuring you get ahead of the competition when selling to schools.
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How to create an effective education marketing strategy
13 January 2015
Discover how to improve your education marketing and sell to schools more effectively
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InControl magazine for education budget holders launches
01 July 2014
Incensu's new magazine for all education budget holders has launched this week. The termly online publication shares the latest in school procurement news, views, tips and supplier offers.
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Top 5 Tips for Working with Schools
01 July 2014
Schools are a very different beast when compared to private and public sector organisations.
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Second annual national school procurement survey launches
18 June 2014
The second national annual survey into the state of school procurement in England launches today (Monday 16 June).
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Schools can maximise budgets through the power of collaboration
01 December 2013
Peter Melville explains the power of collaboration in Just 4 SBMs Magazine. How goods and services are procured by schools is changing dramatically. The internet is now the most important source used by school leaders to find out about prospective suppliers – 62 per cent of respondents used the web to find out about companies that they could work with, while 57 per cent of school business managers preferred to go online to source trusted education suppliers.
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Half of school districts face places crunch
05 September 2013
Almost half of England's school districts will have more primary pupils than places within two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. Some local areas will face a 20% shortfall in places by 2015, according to analysis of official data from 2012. Rising birth rates began the squeeze but uncertainty over funds has made it worse, the LGA says. The government says it has more than doubled funding for new school places.
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