Friday 14th August 2015

Did you tune in to James Jennison this Monday for the third ‘six weeks of planning’ GoToMeeting, looking at Time Management and hosted by James Ashford?

If you didn’t then don’t worry, please follow this link to view the session. Please note, given the size of these video files, you will firstly need to download them from Dropbox.

To book onto Monday’s Quality Assurance session, simply email James Jennison.

As a result of the content published via our central Facebook page in July, we gained 224 new page likes (4530 total), seen by 147,494 users; 96,679 of these were unique. The engaging content was a contributory factor, raising our Klout score to 59, which is the highest to date. Keep liking and sharing our content.

Following the upcoming CIM Social Media training day, 50% of the network will have official Facebook and Twitter pages, enabling them to promote their business directly with local stakeholders.

Following September’s Social Media training day, we’ll have 50% of the network promoting their business locally, via official social media accounts.

The good news is you can now pre register for the next Social Media Course which has been created in partnership with The Chartered Institute of Marketing.

ACT NOW or get left behind!

If you pay your management fees upfront you will receive a 10% discount. You will receive a 5% discount if you pay in two equal instalments (one upfront and the other in month seven).

You have three months after your financial year end (August 15) to submit your final accounts. Speak to your accountant now to ensure a plan is place to achieve this deadline.

Our insurers Perkins Slade and LRO have both agreed to create a dual policy for Premier Education Group business owners, covering both the Premier Sport and Premier Performing Arts brands.

This policy will work out more financially competitive and is another reason we only allow our network to use these two industry-leading providers. We will shortly be releasing a branded activity list, including videos from both providers. You will be able to share these with schools to demonstrate the standards to which we work.

All information on our insurance providers can be found on the Resources section of the BMS under Policy and Procedures.

Golden Mile Director, Karl Fox will be hosting a GoToMeeting session soon, in preparation for the new school year. Email Karl for more details.

With a DBS Update Service, employers and other organisations can check an applicant’s DBS certificate status online and get a result straight away. The DBS Update Service also lets applicants keep their DBS certificates up to date online and allows employers to check a certificate online. Find out more information.

The new PPA Product Operations Manual is now live and available for download from the BMS.

Acting, singing, dancing, art... Premier Performing Arts have the skills and resources to deliver structured, yet creative curricular and extracurricular activities in nurseries, primary & secondary schools and community settings.

From running weekly clubs, to helping create school plays, delivering a creative curriculum or hosting a showdown, this new manual will take you through every aspect of our product.

Premier Performing Arts have already invested over 100 hours in building a support framework for licensees to access. This includes a WhatsApp group, interactive online forum, weekly business tips, biweekly GoToMeeting sessions, Business Book Club and more...

We’ve recently received a number of emails from business owners using incorrect email signatures, include logos from organisations we’re no longer affiliated with. These have included logos from AfPE, DKHLT and QiSS.

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.