23 April 2008
The Bertram Nursery Group has £20m to spend on a further wave of acquisitions after it bought nine nurseries owned by the Manchester-based Holyrood Nursery Group last week.
23 April 2008
Controversial proposals to scrap childcare tax credits and vouchers and replace them with a Parental Care Allowance (PCA) for all parents of children aged nought to three, which could be...
23 April 2008
More than 60 per cent of nurseries do not cover their costs when delivering the free early years entitlement, according to a new survey by Laing and Buisson.
23 April 2008
Two-thirds of nursery staff have not been trained in the Early Years Foundation Stage, according to childcare staff agency Tinies.
23 April 2008
EYP status is set to revolutionise the early years workforce, unless worries over pay diminish the lustre of the Government's vision, says Mary Evans.
23 April 2008
If a setting is to be a true 'extension of home', that must include displaying and respecting the artefacts important to various communities, from Christmas tree to chamsah, says Rachel...
23 April 2008
Children with allergies often feel excluded at lunch hour, but you can cook up a treat by using food substitutes, says Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne.