Friday 21st November 2014

You should already be in discussions with your accountant to finalise your annual accounts. You must submit your accounts in the correct format to [email protected] before 30th November 2014.

For those Premier Sport Franchisees that also have a Premier Performing Arts license, there is a new Premier Education Group template for you to submit. If you’re unsure of the template to use, please take a look at the examples below.

ALL 2015 sports courses & qualifications are available for you to purchase via the online store meaning you can budget and plan your Act Pro’s CPD up to a year in advance. Planning ahead will save you time and money in the long run.

As Chief Executive of Premier Education Group, one of my key functions in the business is to control the finances, ensuring what every department and individual does is to budget, and that predicted income is being realised.

I always stress the importance of being in control of our finances to my department heads, whether that’s in the short term (weekly), medium term (monthly) and long term (annually).

Here’s a brief insight on how we do this; weekly, monthly and yearly at PEG head office...

The vast majority of people attending our franchise discovery day bring along a family member, colleague or friend. The value to the individual is the opportunity can be explored in an open and transparent way with valued feedback received from friends and family resulting in the right decision being made.

We’re pleased to share with you the launch of our brand new PEG online training platform. Over time we will be phasing in a number of training opportunities including induction and core training modules.

First to be launched is our new bespoke course, Safeguarding & Protecting Children and Vulnerable People.

This e-learning resource aims to meet statutory training requirements for minimum operating standards, so that Activity Professionals can be assured that they are up-to-date with practises around Child Protection and is available to purchase from the online store at a new lower cost of £20.00.

A further influx of existing franchisees have held planning talks this week with The Golden Mile (GM) director Karl Fox, looking at how GM can add value to their business.

There is no better time with National Obesity Awareness Week (NOAW) on the horizon (w/c 12th January 2015) to launch your ‘Community Investment strategy’ not to mention saving you the £1800 licensee fee before the end of November. This saving equates to 90% of the first year fee.

Don’t just think... take action and contact Karl Fox before the 30th via phone 07949 174 842 or email [email protected]

Premier Education Group is proud of its continued success of developing talent and giving everyone the opportunity to realise their ambitions and to build a future in an industry they love. What Paul Furniss & Steve Hart have achieved over the last 2 years is fantastic. Their growth in the Stoke / Stafford region clearly demonstrates what can be achieved by sheer hard work, enthusiasm, a passion for what they do and of course a proven business model.

The most exciting part for everyone is that this is only just the beginning! I will let Paul Furniss & Steve Hart explain a bit more...

We’re asking more of you to forward the survey link on so we can demonstrate the excellent work you and your team of Act Pro’s are doing in schools. Your schools will also stand a chance of winning an ambassador visit in 2015.

We've already had a fantastic response but so far, only 27% of schools that have completed the survey came as a result of you forwarding the link. The remaining 73% came as a result of us sending the survey link in Monday’s monthly newsletter to schools.

We’ve recently featured a number of Performing Arts licensees in this Weekly News Update and we’re very pleased to hear that delivering dance is having a positive effect on Premier Sport business across our network. Not only have we heard that offering dance and sport has increased sales for licensees/franchisees but it’s also strengthening school relationships which is key to long term sustainability.

This week we spoke to Peter Bennett, Performing Arts licensee in Essex & Colchester. Take it away Peter...

We are very close to announcing our first years annual Premier Business Awards. We will contact you directly in the next couple of weeks if you have won an award.  Once all of the successful parties have been notified, we will share with the network.

We’d just like to give you a quick reminder about how and when promotion codes are applied. Below outlines the current promotion code structure which is initiated through the BMS.

If you have any questions regarding this please contact [email protected]

The festive period is on the horizon so we thought it would be useful to give you advance notice of the shop order postage deadline.

If you require any shop orders to be delivered before Tuesday 6th January, you will need to place your order via the online shop before 1pm on Thursday 18th December, subject to stock availability.

We thought you would find it useful to create a Weekly News Update archive housing previous newsletters from this academic year.

‘Read more’ to catch up on any news you may have missed.