Friday 30th October 2015

We’ve identified a need to increase the level of support for your Delivery in schools. That’s why we’re delighted to announce a regular GoToMeeting Q&A session with our National Quality Development Manager, Andy Heald.

Andy will take any questions/queries/guidance he receives via email to form the agenda points in these sessions. The chances are, other franchisees/Activity Professionals with benefit from your question being answered.

To register for one or all of Andy’s sessions, hit the button below and you’ll be given the option to secure your place on the following session/s -

Create a constant interactive presence in your schools with our new iPad display. The display allows you to raise brand awareness in schools regarding your programmes, while increasing your booking revenues. How? You can display your landing page in the school reception area where parents have full visibility and can book online instantly. The iPad stand can be your new customer’s point of purchase in schools, offering you a constant brand visibility.

The iPad stand will be noticed not only because technology attracts people, but because the iPad stand allows you to add graphic panels for tailored branding, creating a visible brand identity. We’ll offer you a selection of interchangeable panels based on the activity being delivered in the school.

This enhances the fully-interactive multimedia capabilities of the iPad making it the perfect solution for raising awareness of& your programmes while saving money on printed materials. The iPad displays are designed to be versatile, stylish and secure, with your tablet safely locked into the stand where it is not only easily accessible to your customers but also protected.

The new collection consists of both Premier Performing Arts and Premier Performing Arts Academy branded items.

Both children & adult sizes are available, with limited stock being held for selected sizes. Items not held in stock will take up to 4 weeks to be delivered, so place your order early! The original uniform is also still available as order on demand items.

We are excited about the imminent launch of the School Portal’s dashboard.

Before going live, we wanted to give you access via the staging site so that you and your staff can familiarise yourselves.

You can view the dashboard here

This Tuesday’s 100 Club B2B event held at Lea Marston Hotel was a huge success for the 30 business owners from across the network. There was a wealth of knowledge, passion, drive and experience in the room, taking time to reflect on success over the past 12 months as well as identifying how each of them could drive business ‘to the next level’. Check out Ian and Ross’ videos who both share their key learning’s from the day.

To kickoff the event, delegates looked at the best and average figures from the top 10 franchises in the network. You can view these here.

Well over 50% of you have now completed this important survey, If you haven’t already, simply follow this link before 5pm Sunday.

The Smith & Henderson survey is independent and helps us to shape our future franchisee support and the development of services we provide to our stakeholders.

The survey is simple and straight forward and takes just five minutes to complete.

If your sales strategy includes booking school meetings from now until the end of term, then Glenn Hoy of TIME Associates is available next week to share with you his feedback from September to October half-term.

The 15 minute call is bespoke to your business with Glenn discussing his teams’ findings and experience in the process of making 6000 calls and securing 200 new appointments for PEG business owners.

If you have already attended and completed the CIM Social Media Course and would like a staff member to manage your social media accounts, we’re granting you access to the online modules without the additional cost of attending the face-to-face training, saving you £150.

As soon as the modules are complete, your member of staff will be given full access to help manage your business Facebook & Twitter accounts.

Skills and Compliance Director Steve Eastaugh will be answering your questions or queries you may have around the subject of Recruiting Apprentices and covering topics such as process, pay and other key subjects.

Guide to Recruiting Apprentices
Date – Wednesday 11th November 2015
Time – 1.00 - 2.00pm

National Quality Development Manager, Andy Heald will be hosting his third monthly GoToTraining session on Tuesday 17th November, focusing on The Use of Assessments.

Last month’s GoToTraining with Andy was fully subscribed, so please ensure you register your Act Pro’s now to guarantee a spot!

November’s Theme - The Use of Assessments
Date – Tuesday 17th November 2015
Time – 8.00 - 9.00am

Wednesday’s ‘Operations Business Development’ GoToMeeting will be discussing ‘Sales’ from 10am-11am.

If you want to add any points to the meeting agenda, please email these over to Operations Director, Danny Melling before Wednesday’s session.

Login details –

1. To join the meeting, go to - https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/250214829
2. Use your microphone and speakers (VoIP) - a headset is recommended.  Or, call in using your telephone.
   Dial +44 (0) 20 3713 5010
   Access Code: 250-214-829
   Audio PIN: Shown after joining the meeting
   Meeting ID: 250-214-829

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