Conrad Emmett

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  What is the Fair Work Agency, and how can admins prepare their schools and trusts?

  From April 2026, a new body – the Fair Work Agency – will begin reshaping how employment rights are enforced across the UK. School and trust back-office teams need to know what this entails. Although it's not a change to employment law in and of itself, it does represent a…

  Conrad Emmett | 11th February 2026 | 6 min read

  
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  What the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) means for you

  If you work with support staff in schools, you may have heard about the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB). The new forum is being put in place as part of major changes introduced by the Employment Reforms Act 2025. If you have any questions about the SSSNB, this blog…

  Conrad Emmett | 6th February 2026 | 4 min read

  
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  10 ways MATs can reforecast without losing strategic momentum

  In a MAT, there’s no getting away from reforecasting. But how reactive does it feel, and how happy are you with the result? Thankfully, reforecasting doesn’t have to mean being on the back foot. Nor does it mean that you have to downgrade trust outcomes. With the right approach and…

  Conrad Emmett | 11th December 2025 | 7 min read

  
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  The key takeaways from our big budgeting webinar for schools and trusts

  How can schools and trusts thrive when their budgets are under constant pressure? Our must-see webinar, Smarter Schools: Budgeting for Impact, Not Just Survival, brought sector leaders and experts together to discuss just that. As well as an uncompromising look at the real challenges and frustrations leaders face, they also…

  Conrad Emmett | 14th November 2025 | 4 min read

  
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  Great expectations: how growing accountancy firms can handle major new clients

  There comes a point for many accounting firms when their leaders ask, “We’re doing well… so why does it feel so tough?” This usually happens around the £10 million turnover mark – when a healthy mid-sized firm begins to scale up. At this stage, they’re on the threshold of becoming…

  Conrad Emmett | 27th October 2025 | 4 min read

  
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  How to check return on investment in cloud-native accounting software

  It's fair to say cloud technology has changed accounting. The question is by how much? Anecdotally, it’s easy to see how it can positively impact daily operations. However, it's important to measure every success if we want to understand return on investment (ROI). The first way is to count how…

  Conrad Emmett | 6th October 2025 | 4 min read

  

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