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Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

Thursday, April 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Nursery workers that have been put on temporary leave by their employer during the coronavirus crisis can be furloughed more than once, according to updated guidance.

Coronavirus: Nearly half of childminders could stay closed for up to a year

News

Friday, March 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Fewer than half of childminders that have closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic plan to re-open within the next year, findings from a survey of childminders and childcare providers suggests.

Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed

News

Friday, March 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Childminders are among the workers that could be eligible for the Government scheme to extend financial support to the self-employed affected by Covid-19.

Nurseries expected to stay open for key workers from Monday

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Nursery workers and teachers are on the list of key workers whose children will still be able to attend nursery or school during the coronavirus outbreak.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 20 of the UK's leading nursery operators and early years organisations have formed a working group to co-ordinate responses and lobbying on the coronavirus crisis.

From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

Opinion

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Who would have anticipated that a virus we had never heard of could be the last straw to the survival of the early years sector, already weakened by years of under-funding? June O' Sullivan, CEO of nursery group LEYF, on coronavirus challenges

Chancellor pledges 'unprecedented' economy support plan

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a range of measures to protect businesses and workers from economic effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition

News

Monday, March 9, 2020

| Nursery World

A petition calling for business rates to be scrapped for childcare providers in England has been re-launched.

Coronavirus: Nurseries not covered for 'notifiable diseases'

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has today formally registered Covid-19 as a ‘notifiable disease’, but nurseries are still unlikely to be covered by insurance for closures.

Childcare costs rise above inflation

News

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Britain’s parents are paying 5 per cent more for childcare for the under-twos than they were a year ago, according to a survey.

Ofsted annual report highlights changing childcare market

News

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

| Nursery World

The early years sector is experiencing an ongoing fall in the number of childminders, while an increasing number of nurseries are becoming part of large national and international groups, Ofsted’s annual report has said.

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

News

Monday, January 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Have your say in our joint Nursery World and Ceeda survey

Prime Minister commits to a review of business rates

News

Monday, November 18, 2019

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister has promised a full review of business rates, if the Conservatives win the general election.

Editor's view - Numbers game

Opinion

Monday, October 14, 2019

| Nursery World

It might be time to look again at the thorny subject of staff:child ratios, but the essential arguments haven't changed substantially

Nursery businesses join forces against closures

News

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

| Nursery World

A new campaign has been launched by the Federation of Small Businesses to stem the closures of private nurseries

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

News

Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Tax-Free Childcare glitch leaves providers with an 'admin impossibility'

News

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

| Nursery World

An upgrade to the Tax-Free Childcare system has left providers unable to identify parents’ transactions.

MPs back co-location of nurseries and care

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Friday, July 12, 2019

| Nursery World

An interim report from the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Integration has called for nurseries to co-locate with care homes to encourage better relationships between generations.

Nurseries in poor areas facing closure

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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare providers in deprived areas are twice as likely to close as those in the most affluent areas, according to new research, which also finds that the early years funding shortfall has risen by £50m in a year.