"To squeeze a budget" means to reduce or limit expenses as much as possible in order to save money or make ends meet. It involves cutting back on unnecessary spending and finding ways to be more frugal with one's finances.
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With the current financial pressures that schools are facing
with squeezed budgets and deficits, budget monitoring is becoming an increasingly important and effective element of financial good practice.
As schools
face squeezed budgets, shared back - office functions are increasingly seen as a way to make efficiencies.
This would
squeeze the budgets of most families, given America's rising import dependency as its economy is post-industrialized and financialized.
Other critics have said that extending the programme would «divert money
from squeezed budgets to pay for children whose parents can easily afford them» and called on the Labour leader to provide the evidence that he suggested exists.
Other key findings include: -
Squeezed budgets mean many schools have been forced to shed staff, with further reductions to staff spending expected over the next two years - Teacher shortages seem to be getting worse - Schools that opt for academy status are not embracing the freedoms it brings in terms of curriculum, and teachers» pay and conditions - Secondary governors are using 11 - 16 funding to subsidise their sixth forms, as cuts in post-16 budgets bite
«Especially in the costliest metro areas, higher home prices and mortgage rates are
squeezing the budget for many renters looking to buy and inevitably forcing them to sign a lease for at least another year,» said Yun.
Apple continually ups the ante and quality of what it offers with each device generation, but with
squeezing budgets in many schools today, we know that costs are just as - if not more important - than ever in any buying decision.
However, both groups also said that key to print maintaining its effectiveness is designers, printers and brand owners teaming up to ensure that innovation isn't stifled
by squeezed budgets.
Whether it's the rising cost of
food squeezing your budget or a personal journey that led you to join the Meatless Monday bandwagon, eating more plant - based protein is good for your body and easy on the wallet.
Marketing and communications is an area that is often overlooked, misunderstood and can be seen as an unnecessary expenditure in
already squeezed budgets — a perception that can limit a school's success in attracting pupils and securing a positive reputation in the community.
Whether it's from
increasingly squeezed budgets, higher demand for school places or growing concerns about young people's mental health, schools are still expected to balance these while providing a high - quality education and a positive springboard into adolescence and adulthood.
The Education Funding Agency (EFA) has paid performance bonuses of # 510,000 to its staff, angering school leaders as their members try to
manage squeezed budgets.
Admirable sentiment but made more difficult as public libraries are closed and
squeezed budgets make it less likely schools will invest in their own libraries.
The trusts said the proposed redundancies that covered both teachers and supply staff across all their schools was necessary to
meet squeezed budgets.
Squeezed budgets combined with a tight labour market means that teacher supply agencies are having a field day at schools» expense right now.
Actually, there's an easy way boost your retirement account balances without
further squeezing your budget: stash whatever money you do manage to save in the lowest - cost investments you can find.
Paying back $ 2500 a month at 4.375 % would take under 2 years and wo
n't squeeze the budget as much as PLAN A or PLAN C. Cost is that I lose money as opportunity cost if the market goes up during those 2 yrs.
Now we're done celebrating those who can
squeeze their budget like a parent refinding their lost child, it's onwards to those unrestrained...
«Especially in the costliest metro areas, higher home prices and mortgage rates are
squeezing the budget for many renters looking to buy and inevitably forcing them to sign a lease for at least another year,» says Yun.
In «The Fiscal Implications of Canadians» Working Longer,» authors William Robson, Colin Busby, and Aaron Jacobs find that demographic change is
squeezing the budgets of Canadian governments — increasing the costs of public programs and eroding the tax base as the growth in traditional working - age people flatlines.
The programme would divert money
from squeezed budgets to pay for children whose parents can easily afford them
Fossil fuel prices are
squeezing budgets in several states that rely heavily on severance taxes, such as Alaska, North Dakota, Wyoming and Oklahoma — even as OPEC nations consider cutting production to boost prices.
School leaders
with squeezed budgets have long complained about recruitment agency costs and the high price of advertising jobs in newspapers and online.
Implementing $ 1.5 trillion in cuts raises further questions over how what's left in transit funding needs will fit into
a squeezed budget, Sifuentes said.
Christine Blower, head of the National Union of Teachers, said: «in many cases pupil premium funding has been used to plug gaps that have occurred as a result of
squeezed budgets».
More importantly, in this time of
squeezed budgets, entry to the show and all continuing professional development (CPD) seminar sessions were free of charge.
Of course, letting out their facilities may not be high up on their list of priorities, as many schools spend a lot of their time juggling a host of important issues, from
squeezed budgets to exam results.
Add in changing curriculums and, often,
squeezed budgets and creating the best possible learning environments becomes a bigger challenge than ever before.
There are huge benefits to offsite construction, particularly within the education sector where there is often limited onsite space, urgent requirements and
squeezed budgets.
Restoring funds and allocating funding for new investments in public education is needed after years of cuts that
squeezed budgets that were hit very hard during the Great Recession.
Because academies are not required to honour school teachers pay and conditions the salaries offered to attract senior staff were unaffordable, this contributes to
squeezed budgets and unfortunately it's the people on the lowest pay being sacrificed for a top heavy system.
Grapevine - Colleyville decided to become more aggressive about seeking advertising and other corporate involvement because Texas's school funding laws have
squeezed its budget and forced it to look for alternative sources of money.
James Toop, Teaching Leaders chief executive, said the programme had been successful in terms of pupil achievement and retention but
squeezed budgets could mean schools struggle to find the # 2,000 needed each year to place teachers on the programme.
In the current climate of burgeoning teacher shortages, it's a sellers» market; NQTs are an attractive option to schools with
squeezed budgets, so you can afford to be discriminating.
We know from first - hand experience what
a squeezed budget means.
One thing you'll notice is that months with lower earnings will
squeeze your budget to its breaking point.
So be wary about getting yourself into a payment scenario that
squeezes your budget, putting your home at risk.
Well worth a shout for those on
a squeezed budget.
«Especially in the costliest metro areas, higher home prices and mortgage rates are
squeezing the budget for many renters looking to buy and inevitably forcing them to sign a lease for at least another year,» Yun says.