FSA urges EC additive ban
16 April 2008
A ban on additives linked to hyperactive behaviour in children should be put in place throughout Europe, the Food Standards Agency said last Thursday (10 April).
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Lloyds funds Kidsunlimited MBO
16 April 2008
Kidsunlimited will step up its plans to open new nurseries after its senior management gained a controlling stake in the chain and secured significant backing from private equity firm Lloyds...
ABC still talking to Morgan Stanley over 60% US stake
16 April 2008
ABC Learning Centres is continuing negotiations with JP Morgan Stanley over the sale of 60 per cent of its US business, despite the fact that an end-of-March deadline has long...
Welsh Assembly wins disability policy powers
16 April 2008
New devolution powers will allow the Welsh government to create its own policies and procedures for disabled children, a Children in Wales conference heard last week.
Strike threat from Ofsted inspectors
10 April 2008
Ofsted inspectors in early years and social care may go on strike after pay talks with England's inspectorate broke down last week.
'Commercialisation of childhood' panel set up
10 April 2008
A Government review into the commercialisation of childhood is to be led by a professor from the Institute of Education at London University.
Prince Charles entertains children
10 April 2008
The Prince of Wales entertained children with Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit when he opened a nursery and playground at Borrowdale primary school in Keswick, Cumbria, last week.
PVI providers unite to protest at new rules
10 April 2008
More than 100 nursery campaigners, including many children and parents, gathered outside Hampshire Council Chambers in Winchester last week to protest about Government rules for Nursery Education Grant funding.
Spotlight on ... Michell Beattie
10 April 2008
Name: Michell Beattie, nursery nurse, Keystone Centre, Strood, Kent
Media watch
10 April 2008
A three-year-old boy has been banned from his pre-school for sporting a trendy 'tramlines' haircut, reported the Daily Mail.
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