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Administrator of the Year praised by Prime Minister
9 Mar 2010

An award-winning school administrator has been rewarded for her outstanding work with a trip to Downing Street.Valerie Canton, who works at Burnt Hill Comprehensive, Essex, was named NASBM Administrator of the Year after her Head entered her into the competition to acknowledge the excellent work she...[Read more]

Bitesize training for suppliers
25 Feb 2010

A new series of bitesize training courses are being offered by ProcServe to help suppliers improve their knowledge of the ProcServe Trading Network. Following a number of requests from suppliers, ProcServe is launching Bitesize Training Sessions for Suppliers.  Bitesize is a range of short 10-15 min...[Read more]

Cut costs and carbon
5 Feb 2010

 The Department for Children, Schools and Families have launched a new initiative to offer you an energy display meter that will enable your school to monitor and measure its electricity use. The offer of the meter follows on from the recommendation by the Department's Zero Carbon Task Force. The me...[Read more]

Free consultancy service available to help you save
28 Jan 2010

The Department for Children, Schools and Families are offering a fully funded Value for Money consultancy service in conjunction with Avail, one of the UK's leading providers of consultancy services to the public sector. This free consultancy service is aimed at helping schools invest in the things ...[Read more]

Use your energy to save
18 Jan 2010

The Government has provided £54.5 million to Salix Finance to help schools and other public sector organisations become more energy efficient.The money will be used to provide interest free loans for the installation of around 80 different energy efficiency technologies including; building insulatio...[Read more]