by Simon Moran | Dec 24, 2018 | News
Dear All, Many thanks for reading the Moran Actually blog this year. 2018 has been a great year for me personally and for our various businesses. We have brought in new schools, new clients, and, at the time of writing, still have some exciting announcements to make....
by Simon Moran | Dec 17, 2018 | English Schools
Last week we mentioned income, salary, rent and pricing. The other stats to look at are: Capacity: How many bums on seats could the school actually get, and what percentage of that is filled? At Modern English we use the term ‘seat’ as a restaurant would use the term...
by Simon Moran | Dec 10, 2018 | English Schools
One way to get into your own school is to buy an existing one. Given the often-transient nature of school owners, schools come on the market quite frequently. Whether they are good or not, only close inspection will reveal. When you find a school for sale, you’ll need...
by Simon Moran | Dec 3, 2018 | English Schools
Numbers, numbers, numbers. So, tell me about the numbers. I ask this question all the time when looking at schools to buy, or help out with management. Sometimes people have very good answers and have kept all the figures since they started. More often, they only have...
by Simon Moran | Nov 26, 2018 | English Schools
There are lots of ways of doing marketing, branding and advertising cheaply. Get the name of your school on T-shirts and jackets and wear them all the time. Your local supermarket wouldn’t like you handing flyers out between the aisles, but probably wouldn’t ask you...
