Adapting to whatever comes your way in 2021
As the challenges conceived by COVID-19 seem set to continue into 2021, we’re ready to help you navigate the new year with confidence. Our resource library tackles the topics confronting you today, no matter the size of your organisation or sector.
Accountancy resources
Education resources
Education
Effective school and trust management in the next normal
The COVID-19 crisis has brought with it intimidating new challenges for all schools – not least for administrative managers. 45% have seen an unexpected impact on school finances67%…
Digital parent engagement in the next normal
Driving connections and connectivity across school communities We recently surveyed over 400 UK schools and MATs to investigate the impact of lockdown on integral communications and operations. It appears…
Education
Mind the attainment gap: reviewing education delivery in our next normal
While there has been much speculation that many parents would keep students at home, official figures for the autumn term show nearly 90% of pupils returned; almost nine…
Why online payments are the new priority for schools in the next normal
Walk down any high street in the UK today and you are likely to see signs requesting contactless payments. While shops have reopened across the country, many businesses are seeking to avoid cash…
The new ‘face-to-face’: how to run your first remote parents’ evening
This year, parents’ evening takes on a new importance. The event presents a rare opportunity for families to meet new teachers; following extended closures, this year parents will be extra keen to catch up with staff about their child’s progression. We recently surveyed over…
Here’s why your trust should seek TCaF funding now while schools are closed
As someone in the academy education sector, Trust Capacity Funding or TCaF should be a term you’re familiar with. If not, you could be missing out. TCaF funding…
Education
The return of Ofsted inspections
Following closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have much to consider this new school year. Focus has primarily been on getting pupils back to school, with little thought to the normal review and inspection process mandated on schools.
Ofsted have started visiting schools and colleges now the new school year has started to see how they are getting back upto speed, but how do you prepare for an Ofsted inspections in a pandemic environment? In this session our expert panel discusses the focus of Ofsted inspections during the COVID-19 pandemic and what schools can do now ahead of an inevitable inspection to achieve their best possible result.
Education
Day in the life of a school; the digital blueprint
Schools are often seen simply as a place where children are taught to achieve success in their adult lives. But beyond the teachers, there are many departments, processes and multiple staff roles required to achieve this everday. With maximum efficiencies required, how do schools automate and simplify the day to day runnning of a school?
We discuss with the digital school blueprint with leaders of schools on how technology powers everyday school management and how the various staff within a school interact with it.
Education
Managing the compliance reporting burden
Whether it is the consistent financial reporting (CFR) framework or the latest statements of recommended practice (SORPs) for education, the compliance reporting mandates are an ever increasing burden upon all education organisations.
How do you collate, reconcile and balance the various sources of financial information? Is the standard chartered set of accounts right for you?
Hear from our reporting experts on how you can automate, customise and simplify your complex reporting requirements.
HR resources
Employee engagement during times of change – a shift in direction?
Just last year, the discussion in favour of the expansion of remote working practices was gaining much traction in the business world, with workers across the UK and further afield keen to…
HR
What is a notice period? Everything you need to know
Notice periods can often be heavily debated topics, especially for small business owners, as they’re prone to a significant number of variables. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic creating…
What is asset management?
Businesses of all shapes and sizes purchase, replace and acquire new assets every day. As there is such a regular flow of assets entering and leaving the business,…
HR
HR in the next normal
Though surviving and overcoming the hit to profitability from the initial wave of the COVID-19 crisis will be at the forefront of the minds of all businesses, all HR Professionals know that compliance with the latest health and safety regulations must come as the top priority, the first step to returning to work and being ‘COVID-secure’.
In this session we will bring you the latest HR legislation news and the essential points of the latest guidance and what your organisation needs to consider.
HR
Flexible working: birth of the new home office environment
n order for businesses to survive the current pandemic they had to get their entire workforce to work from home over night. We’ve gone from a culture of office working to flexible and home working in an instant – it’s the biggest flexible working experiment in history but we don’t know the outcome of this yet. Are we seeing the end of the office and the birth of a new competitive advantage / working efficiencies for the long term?
Join our round table discussion as our experts discuss the birth of the new home office and whether this will be a good thing for companies and employees.
HR
Focusing on employee engagement and wellbeing at a time of crisis
Working virtually constantly is hard on employees and brings about a new set of engagement challenges. Research shows that more than 10 million UK workers could need mental health support post-COVID.
Join this session to hear how you ensure the well-being of your staff when they are working from home and what help is available
Payroll resources
Payroll in the next normal – How payroll professionals are adapting to a changing work landscape
The word of the year has surely been ‘unprecedented’. So much so that many of us heave a collective sigh of exasperation whenever that word rears its head…
There is no new normal; how can businesses navigate the next normal?
How can businesses navigate the next normal
What does Sick Pay look like around the world?
When looking to expand your business internationally, managing legislation needs to be a top priority as ensuring compliance is critical. One area of legislation in particular that has…
Payroll
Another year, another payroll year end – are you ready for 2020?
For payroll professionals at any stage in their career, payroll year end is a particularly stressful period. Following furlough, redundancies and COVID-19, 2020 is likely to further complicate what is already a particularly…
Payroll
Getting international payroll right: what do you need to consider?
There’s a myriad of strategic and tactical activity needed when setting up a business or office abroad and one of the key priorities to consider is your payroll…
Payroll
Payroll in the next normal
IRIS’ recent survey showed that a third of Payroll Professionals are worried about the future of payroll and what’s coming next.
That’s why we’ve teamed up the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) to bring you the latest payroll legislation news, a CJRS update, help you get more from your payroll, and provide peace of mind about what’s next for payroll professionals.
Payroll
Challenging the normal office and driving greater efficiencies in staff payroll
Payroll can be complex at the best of times, yet there are still a number of businesses that have predominately manual payroll processes dispite all automation available to them. When choosing an automated solution, is it best to utilise the best technology and continue with it in house or have someone else complete it for you as a service.
In this session we will challenging the normal office and discuss the merits from the various solutions to drive greater efficiencies in your staff payroll.
Payroll
How to strengthen your company for international growth during a national pandemic
The acceleration of digital adoption is enabling companies to expand and grow their business internationally, but how do companies cater for international growth during COVID-19?
During the current economic uncertainty, companies need to continue strengthening their organisations, so that they may provide more flexibility to the workforce while executing operations at full speed if they are going to maximise their growth drivers.
In this session we hear from the leaders of companies who have used IRIS to support their international growth plans and provide insights on how to do this during COVID-19.
