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Small businesses face a challenging autumn, warns business organisation

Thursday, September 30, 2021

| Nursery World

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has expressed concerned about the impact of the withdrawal of Government financial support, including the closure of the furlough scheme, on small businesses.

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

News

Thursday, September 9, 2021

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten private, voluntary or independent nurseries in England are making a loss or only just breaking even, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association.

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

News

Monday, July 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries in England, Scotland and Wales are being urged to take part in a survey into their sustainability.

Business - Occupancy and funding

Features

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| Nursery World

What do settings need to know about funding rates, and how can they boost occupancy? By Gary Croxon, service manager, East Anglia Service Hub, Early Years Alliance

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

News

Friday, March 26, 2021

| Nursery World

With new findings revealing settings have been heavily reliant on the furlough scheme, there are fears nurseries would struggle with a sudden rise in demand for places.

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

News

Thursday, March 18, 2021

| Nursery World

Childcare providers will receive funding based on actual attendance numbers during this year's summer and autumn terms, in a move designed to protect their funding, as children return to early years settings.

Business - On a budget

Features

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Following the Chancellor's speech, what’s the latest on sources of financial support, and how can settings budget at this uncertain time? Gary Croxon, Early Years Alliance service hub manager, reports

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| Nursery World

With the autumn term under way, thousands of early years providers are already feeling the knock-on effect of the pandemic, as much lower numbers of children have returned or taken up new places.

Coronavirus: Sector tries to stay positive with uncertain times ahead

News

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries and pre-schools have spoken to Nursery World about the challenges of opening to more children in September, whether taking on new families or children who are returning for the first time since lockdown. So, what will the new normal look like in the autumn term?

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

News

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

| Nursery World

Local authorities will receive early years funding for the autumn term on the basis of how many children were attending settings before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Councils 'can transfer funding between settings' - new DfE guidance

News

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| Nursery World

Councils are being encouraged to transfer early entitlement funding between early years settings if it helps them to create enough childcare places for key worker children.

Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has been inundated with emails from the self-employed and small companies, including childcare providers, that are missing out on Government support during the coronavirus crisis.

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

News

Thursday, April 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Children 1st has secured a £1.6 million loan to support the business during the coronavirus crisis and keep nurseries open for key workers.

Wales puts 30 hour childcare on hold to pay for key worker children

News

Monday, April 6, 2020

| Nursery World

The Welsh Government is launching a coronavirus childcare assistance scheme to support Wales’ critical workers, and suspending the childcare offer for Wales for three months.

Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

News

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: 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.

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.

Nursery Management: Funding - Make or break

Features

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

The sector is in crisis mode, with widespread underfunding, a workforce problem and rising costs. Just how bad will it become before it gets better? By Hannah Crown

Nursery Management: Funding - Don’t hold back

Features

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Some councils are wrongly withholding thousands of pounds in contingency funding. Jo Parkes speaks to settings who have successfully claimed it back

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

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.

Nurseries in poor areas facing closure

News

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.

China - Eastern promises

Features

Monday, April 29, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years provision in China is a huge growth market, with UK nurseries large and small taking up opportunities to open there. So, what are the pros and cons of doing business in this very different country?

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

News

Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

As providers increasingly move to charging parents of disadvantaged two-year-olds for ‘extras’, one local authority body has recommended settings refrain from doing so.

Settings face cuts after council overspend

News

Monday, April 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare providers in Northamptonshire may be forced to get rid of staff, resources or reduce their own salaries if the county council goes ahead with plans to cut early years funding from April.

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Small businesses face a challenging autumn, warns business organisation

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

Business - Occupancy and funding

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

Business - On a budget

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

Coronavirus: Sector tries to stay positive with uncertain times ahead

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

Councils 'can transfer funding between settings' - new DfE guidance

Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

Wales puts 30 hour childcare on hold to pay for key worker children

Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

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

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Nursery Management: Funding - Make or break

Nursery Management: Funding - Don’t hold back

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

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Nurseries in poor areas facing closure

China - Eastern promises

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

Settings face cuts after council overspend

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