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Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

The introduction of the 'national living wage' (NLW) next April will push the nursery sector into a deficit running into hundreds of millions of pounds without serious commitment from the Government to reforming the system of childcare funding.

Nurseries invited to take part in National Living Wage survey

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Friday, July 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched a survey to assess the impact the National Living Wage will have on providers.

Living wage would add thousands to weekly costs, report finds

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Settings in Birmingham would have to increase budgets by nearly a fifth to pay staff the living wage, a landmark report has found.

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

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Friday, March 27, 2015

| Nursery World

More details of how early years providers can apply for grants of up to £50,000 in social investment funding have been released.

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

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Monday, March 23, 2015

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Early years providers are facing a real-term cut in funding to deliver three and four-year-old places in 2015/16, amid increases to business and running costs.

Birmingham Council to review the cost of living wage for nurseries

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Birmingham Council has commissioned an independent review into the affordability for early years providers of paying staff the living wage.

Nurseries must 'innovate' to make funding work, childcare minister says

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Friday, November 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Nurseries should make more use of ‘economies of scale’ to offer parents more affordable childcare, Sam Gyimah has said.

Hard facts of funding gap revealed

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Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

The true scale of the funding shortfall for childcare places in the early years sector is revealed in new research from the Pre-School Learning Alliance. Ruth Thomson takes a look at the numbers.

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

| Nursery World

The expansion of Government-funded places for two-year-olds and better economic conditions has driven demand for children’s nurseries, according to a new report.

Early years entrepreneurs urged to apply for start-up grant

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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| Nursery World

Budding nursery owners and childminders are encouraged to apply for a share of £1m in Government funding to help with their start-up costs.

First Cornish language pre-school to open

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Friday, November 8, 2013

| Nursery World

A not for profit organisation is seeking funding to open the first full-time Cornish language nursery school in the United Kingdom next year.

Consultation opens on changes to way LAs fund providers

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Ministers plan to change the way that nurseries and childminders are funded through local authorities, in a move towards developing a new national funding formula for free early education places.

Nursery group cuts fees

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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The Old Station Nursery's Henley-on-Thames setting will reduce the cost of childcare from April, which could mean a saving for parents with a child on a part-time place of up to 2,730 a year.

Government reveals plans for new free places funding system

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Ministers are planning to introduce a new national funding formula for all early education places.

Sector warns that proposed rise to national wage will ‘inflict significant damage’

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Monday, January 1, 0001

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have warned that the plans to increase the minimum wage to £10.50 an hour, announced by the Chancellor yesterday, will lead to more nursery closures.

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Exclusive: Living wage to create funding gap of hundreds of millions

Nurseries invited to take part in National Living Wage survey

Living wage would add thousands to weekly costs, report finds

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

Birmingham Council to review the cost of living wage for nurseries

Nurseries must 'innovate' to make funding work, childcare minister says

Hard facts of funding gap revealed

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

Early years entrepreneurs urged to apply for start-up grant

First Cornish language pre-school to open

Consultation opens on changes to way LAs fund providers

Nursery group cuts fees

Government reveals plans for new free places funding system

Sector warns that proposed rise to national wage will ‘inflict significant damage’

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