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Management software providers have recently upgraded their products to help make nursery admin tasks even simpler for settings and families, finds Karen Hart
New features include those related to the upcoming minimum wage and national insurance increases
New features include those related to the upcoming minimum wage and national insurance increases

When looking to invest or upgrade a management software platform, the scope of features and range of packages available might seem daunting. Although many features are comparable across the market, there is still quite a bit of variation in what you get for your money.

Recently, several software providers made interesting changes and upgrades to their products, most notably those connected to supporting staff with IT skills, the expansion of funded hours and the recent rises to the minimum wage and company national insurance.

Stuart Thomas, content manager at software provider Blossom Educational, says, ‘One of our biggest updates this year has been a complete overhaul of our finance system. We designed it to help with all of the funding changes and ever-increasing complexity of childcare offerings for nurseries, and one feature in particular has proved to be especially future-proof: planned price increases.

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