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The first phase of a new partnership between IMP Software and ISBL , the central hub within the Centre for Education Operational Excellence , is set to give finance teams a single place to see how each school in their trust is performing against the industry-standard metrics used in ISBL’s Advanced Strategic Optimisation Tool (ASOT) .

ASOT is an independent benchmarking framework...

Exmouth celebrated the official launch of the 2026 Mail Trail on Wednesday 24 June 2026, unveiling what organisers are proudly calling the world's first hanging basket trail made entirely from knitting and crochet.

The Mail Trail this year features 33 knitted and crocheted hanging baskets displayed throughout the town, alongside 29 handcrafted woolly postbox toppers and a spectacular...

A Devon site manager is celebrating after receiving a prestigious award for his work at a local housing development.

Chris Spencer, a Site Manager from Devon, received the National House Building Council (NHBC) Pride in the Job Quality Award for excellence in on-site management at David Wilson’s Hampton Mill in Okehampton.

For more than 40 years, the NHBC’s Pride in the Job...

IMP Planner , the flagship budgeting, forecasting and reporting platform for multi-academy trusts (MATs) from Exeter-based IMP Software , has won the Product of the Year award at the prestigious national MAT Excellence Awards 2026 .

The awards, which give school trusts and organisations supporting the MAT sector the opportunity to celebrate their achievements and recognise...