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Contract Management: How to sustain the quality of your contract

In our latest Contract Management series post, we explain how you can sustain the quality of your contracts and what to do if standards start to slip.

Planning, setting, and achieving your Net Zero Carbon Targets

How you do plan, set, and achieve your net zero carbon targets? To help you through the process we have produced a short guide.

Securing Bids: What to do when the market is busy

How can you make your specification more attractive to suppliers when the market is busy?

Here are a few of our top suggestions.

Your cleaning FAQs – answered!

Cleaning tends to be one of the largest, and most important contracts a school or Trust will put in place, due to level of spend, the health and safety requirements, and the direct impact it has upon the health and wellbeing of children and staff. We’ve answered your most frequently asked questions to help you secure your best cleaning contract.

Improved procurement practices and opportunities to secure value for money

In the latest edition of ISBL’s The Voice magazine, James Vaughan, Procurement Lead, and Nicole Dallal, Marketing Manager at the Schools’ Buying Club explain how you can improve procurement practices and find opportunities to secure value for money.

Get the most out of your catering contract

Catering is one of the most important contracts a school or trust will procure. We’ve put together some top tips to help you secure your perfect catering contract.