Friday 22nd May 2015

Following the re-election of the Conservatives, the Education Secretary was speaking live on the Andrew Marr show last Sunday explaining how they will pledge more money to school leaders ‘on the front line’ and protect budgets. It is also predicated there will be 7% more children in schools over the next 5 years meaning your business potential will automatically increase at no extra cost.

We now have 18 businesses across the network set to launch their official social media accounts following completion of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) online modules and face-to-face training at HQ.

The next training course is now available to book via the online shop. But first, hit ‘The process’ button below to find out what is required before being able to connect with your local stakeholders.

Over the past two weeks, the central Customer Services team have received high call volumes from parents wanting to book onto summer holiday courses. Unfortunately, a large number of franchisees still haven’t loaded these to the BMS. Our reporting system suggests we had 1058 courses loaded last year, so far we only have 326 (30%) available on the BMS...ACT NOW!

• 67% of the network have grown their business between £1k - £30k since term one.
• 30% of like for like franchises have added more than £31k turnover to their business since the same time last year (19% more than £45k)
• The average like for like turnover year to date is:
• Y3 = £50k
• Y4 = £82k
• Y5+ = £129k
• 63% of the entire network have been in business for 5 or more years.
• 41% of franchises operating for 3 years or more have already qualified for the 100 Club.
• One franchisee has already generated ¾ £million turnover so far this year

As a result of our increased content generation via social media (Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/LinkedIn), Premier Sport’s Klout score reached 55 this week. This puts Premier Sport in the top 20% of all social media users.

Our leading franchisee, Danny Bloomfield has realised this is absolutely crucial to maximising his Golden Mile investment and it will come as no surprise to you that Danny took appropriate action. He’s put a strategic plan in place, along with the resource, meaning he is now reaping the rewards of being prepared for opportunity!

“A common theme across our Golden Mile communications is the importance of structure. Without this, the required resources cannot be channelled to where and when they are needed most, to ensure YOU control your access to opportunity and advancement” says The Golden Mile’s Director, Karl Fox.

Next week, Golden Mile Director, Karl Fox will be inviting you to join a ‘GM Licensee, Whatsapp group’ to encourage ‘effective affectiveness’ within your license... look out for a video from Karl inviting you to the group.

An increase of 3% on £135 per day (average network cost of curricular day) means your schools will only pay an extra £153.90 over the year. But to your business, it means, an extra £3,078 per year, if you’re delivering 20 days of curriculum.

Or, by increasing your holiday course price by just 10% (from £12.95 to £14.25) would mean a net increase of 92p per child. For 25 children per day this would result in an additional £23.

Perkins Slade and LRO provide bespoke policies for our Premier Sport franchisees and Premier Performing Arts licensees. Both are physical activity specialists, have many years of experience and are approved providers by the Compass Association. More information can be found under the Policy & Procedures resources section on the BMS.

We’re delighted to announce the new Irongate platform is live. Please copy/paste the following URL and this will open up the portal at the login page.

http://icu.irongategroup.co.uk/preedu

Simply enter your unique username and password to gain access to the array of marketing collateral.

Your Unique User Name is: your email address

Your password is: preedu

If you have a question or comment about the products/services on the new Irongate platform, you can contact [email protected]

Can we please remind Premier Performing Arts licensees that ‘lifts’ are not covered as part of the standard Premier Performing Arts Insurance policy, with either of our insurers. Lifting pupils during rehearsal or performance carries a significantly greater risk to themselves and others and therefore an additional premium must be requested. Both LRO and Perkins Slade will be very happy to assist you further with this and the contact details are on the BMS resource section. Not carrying adequate insurance in the event of a claim would leave licensees in breach of their agreement and potentially personally liable for any damages.

The new Premier Performing Arts dance and drama planning framework is live on the BMS.

In a recent Weekly News Update we told you about Darren Campbell MBE launching a new promotion we’re running this summer in association with Chewits. The aim is to get 10,000 children active across the UK, on our Inspire to Engage courses.

This one off promotion will provide the network with brand exposure at local and national level and will drive new customers to your activities as well as encouraging existing and lapsed customers to book during holiday periods. This is a key area of any franchisee’s business and one that following the already extensive development work; we are keen to continue to drive this on your behalf.

On your behalf, we’ve invested £50,000 in the last year on our illustrious list of high profile sporting Ambassadors, such as; Jason Robinson, Stuart Pearce, Darren Campbell and Duncan Goodhew.

Following the popularity of the summer schools programme for pupil premium students since 2012, the government will be making £250 - £500 per pupil available for the scheme to run again this summer.

Summer schools provide an excellent opportunity for secondary schools to help disadvantaged new pupils understand what and how they will be studying in key stage 3 and ultimately make a successful transition from primary to secondary school. It is also an opportunity for schools to help disadvantaged pupils who are behind in key areas such as literacy and numeracy to catch up with their peers.

Skills & Compliance will soon be releasing information on PEG’s bespoke new traineeship and apprenticeship programmes ready for September 2015 enrolment.

As you are all aware, your accounts for the period 1st January to 30th April 2015 are due by 31st May. Please ensure you are/have been proactive in passing your financial information to your accountant in order to achieve this.

This was a key process from our NTE event; we have invested in some resource to be able to provide detailed network analysis from your submissions.

On Saturday 6th of June, PEG Director, Karl Fox will take part in a ‘Jackson Williams Corporate Boxing Show’ to raise money for a cause that’s close to him and his family’s heart. Karl will be boxing for his Dad who was sadly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease just a couple of months ago.

If you haven’t done so already, please give generously.

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.