Editor's view

In this issue of Nursery Business, we start off with a look at the supply-side funding currently on offer to some London nurseries, under the Childcare Affordability Programme (CAP), a scheme designed to create affordable and high-quality childcare places within the capital. With so many private providers seeing their sustainability under threat in the current market, such a scheme is to be welcomed, and many within the sector increasingly see supply-side funding as the only way to guarantee their future. But the scheme also highlights the complexities of early years funding.