Delivering operational and cost efficiencies in boarding

Name: Delivering operational and cost efficiencies in boarding
Start: 2024-11-29T11:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-11-29T12:00:00+00:00
Location: Online – Zoom

November 29 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Date: November 29, 2024
Time: 11:00 – 12:00
Cost: BSA Member Rate: FOC, ISBA Member Rate: FOC
Audience: Boarding staff, Head of Boarding, Deputy Head, Bursar
Platform: Zoom (online) – Webinar

Course outline:

This webinar session will give an overview of how to get best value from your catering and facilities services and create opportunities to help mitigate the impact of VAT on school fees.

Training topics will include:

How catering and FM services are currently delivered in schools and why VAT on school fees may change this
Where the biggest cost efficiency opportunities lie
Balancing cost vs quality in service delivery

Learning outcomes:

A clearer understanding of which operating model/s best suit a school
What to prioritise: short term vs longer term objectives
Practical steps to achieve efficiencies without compromising standards

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Speakers:

Joe Parfitt, Consultancy Director, The Litmus Partnership Ltd

Joe is Education Consultancy Director at The Litmus Partnership Ltd, a leading provider of catering and facilities management consultancy to schools and universities across the UK. He joined Litmus in 2012 and has worked extensively across the independent school sector as a consultant since 2008. Before that he managed student residences in London and worked for a global facilities company.

Whilst with Litmus, Joe has provided strategic and best value reviews, options appraisals, tenders, contract monitoring and catering design to clients including Marlborough College, Wellington College, Bradfield College, various Oxford University colleges and other leading UK universities. Beyond education, Joe’s clients have included the All-England Lawn Tennis Club (Wimbledon), the House of Commons, and Welsh Government & Parliament.

Matt Garner, Senior FM Consultant, Litmus

Matt is a Senior FM Consultant at Litmus. His career started in construction, where for two decades he managed property and construction projects in both the public and private sectors, creating spaces for people and organisations to develop and improve. In 2015 he moved into services within that built environment.

His operational experience was gained in his previous roles as Chief Executive Officer, Gov Facility Services Ltd (GFSL), an Arm’s Length Body, wholly owned by the Ministry of Justice. He was also Managing Director of Government Schools UK & Ireland, Head of Projects & Programme Management and Associate Director of Investment and Infrastructure at Sodexo for over 12 years.