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RM boss steps down as schools spending in freefall

RM boss steps down as schools spending in freefall

The decline of once-dominant education ICT supplier RM is charted among the ups and downs of UK and global education companies in the latest edition of The Assignment Report at a time when the BBC reports "Education spending 'falling fastest since 1950s'".

“Terry Sweeney, RM’s CEO since October 2008, last month resigned “with immediate effect” after 13 years at the Oxfordshire-based company. Mr Sweeney’s resignation follows September’s announcement by RM of a major restructuring and disposal of non-core businesses at the company.

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Nelson Thornes takes on tutoring with iTutorMaths

Nelson Thornes takes on tutoring with iTutorMaths

How are UK firms coping in the recession? It's not all doom and gloom, according to this analysis of Nelson Thornes from 'The Assignment Report', the newsletter covering 'the ...

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Grief for RM with sell-offs and more redundancies

Grief for RM with sell-offs and more redundancies


Wordle created from responses to RM's annual survey of primary and secondary school leaders

Cutbacks and job losses at RM send a chill wind through education
Goodbye Sir Tim Bri...

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US growth drives Promethean half-year results

US growth drives Promethean half-year results

They might have floated on the London Stock Exchange in the middle of a recession but Promethean reported revenues up by 35 per cent and operating profit up by 42 per cent whe...

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New brand era for RM - from Gucci to the North Face

New brand era for RM - from Gucci to the North Face

In the mid-1990s Microsoft was fond of referring to “internet time”, the new time zone in which people and organisations, fuelled by digital technologies, were expected to pro...

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