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6 June 2002

National Childcare Month is now officially under way, and June is packed with activities and events to celebrate the great work done by people in this sector. With many of...

Families use more registered childcare

6 June 2002

More parents than ever in England are using formal childcare to look after their children during the week, according to research by the National Centre for Social Research (NCSR), launched...

Nineteen-month-old Nirali Mistry

6 June 2002

(Photograph) - Nineteen-month-old Nirali Mistry is in safe hands with nursery manager Linda Hunter at the new Prime Time nursery in Edinburgh. The nursery, which opened last month, is the...

'Family friendly' boosts business

6 June 2002

Nearly nine out of ten employers expect family-friendly policies to become more important in the next five years, a survey of the UK's big employers has revealed. The survey found...

New rights for fathers and adoptive parents

6 June 2002

New rights for fathers and adoptive parents to paid time off, an extension of paid and unpaid leave for new mothers, and a right for the parents of young children...

A better balance between work and the home

6 June 2002

A better balance between work and the home can improve the morale of the workforce, reduce staff turnover and boost productivity, Jane Davidson, Welsh minister for education and lifelong learning,...

Quote of the week

6 June 2002

'Overlong hours lead to exhaustion. And they are causing children to grow up deprived of parental attention... A common reaction to us "whingers" is that flexible working is too expensive...

Childcare month starts to blossom

6 June 2002

Sunflowers were blooming all round when children from a Middlesex day nursery came to London Zoo last week to help launch the UK's first National Childcare Month. The children, from...

Nursery sets sights on executive parents

6 June 2002

A new nursery in Edinburgh is offering 'corporate packages' so that senior company executives can be certain their children are provided with quality care if they have to attend emergency...

Early years experience not essential

6 June 2002

The new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care has been recruiting new officers - but has not specified that they should have any early years experience. A recent advertisement...

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