SLS, the outsourced lettings management service that hires out school and college facilities to local community clubs and organisations, has grown sales to more than £13m generating nearly £5m of funding into schools in the current academic year.
Sales are up from £9.5m the previous year, an increase of nearly 40 per cent.
The Bolton company is now gearing up for further expansion in a move which will boost income for schools further after launching an innovative new online booking system as part of a wider digital transformation project.
Scott Warrington, director and co-founder of SLS, said: “Our goal is to connect as many schools with hiring groups as possible across the 海角视频.
“The benefits are two-fold: enhancing funding to schools and increasing participation across communities.
“We currently welcome nearly 10,000 community groups into over 250 schools every year and we believe the new booking system will increase this exponentially.
“For any business, it’s brilliant to be able to announce such positive growth but the added bonus for us is that comes hand-in-hand with the delivering more funding to schools.
“To do that, we need to keep investing in our team of 850 people and the infrastructure such as the booking system.
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"We’re immensely proud to see nearly £5m go back into schools in the past 12 months and look forward to seeing this grow in years to come.”
The new booking system has improved visibility and vetting of those making enquiries and hiring facilities.
Bookings can now be managed 24/7 and can be accessed in real-time, which allows cancellations and amendments. The invoicing process is simplified with automatic updates and payments.
Scott added: “It’s also about providing a better service for current schools and groups.
“As consumers, we’re used to being able to book online whether it’s a hotel room or hiring a car. Recent research by Sport England found that only 34 per cent of people surveyed felt it was easy to book sporting activities online – we want to change this and believe it will transform the leisure sector.
“People want the flexibility to be able to manage bookings, pay online and to access digital records. We predict this will boost the volume of bookings and in turn increase the revenue for the schools we are working with.
"The system will also add additional value to schools which will be able to access more effective reporting and real-time information.”
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SLS works with more than 250 schools and has put back in excess of £10m of revenue into schools to date through providing a full letting solution.
This allows schools, academies and colleges to maximise the use of their facilities to the local community during evenings, weekends and school holidays.