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Nursery groups on expansion drive

Friday, October 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Several nursery groups have been busy in the childcare market in a recent spate of new openings, sales and acquisitions.

30 hours: How nurseries are making ends meet

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Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery World has spoken to a number of nurseries, including groups and standalone settings, across the country to find out how they are making the 30 hours work.

Dizzy Ducks offers mobile wedding creche

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Since August, the nursery group, based in Essex, has been providing childcare and entertainment for children of wedding guests, customising its services for any number of children, based on venue allowances and staff numbers.

Cheshire-based Elmscot expands and starts out-of-school franchise

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Friday, August 31, 2018

| Nursery World

The Elmscot group of nurseries and out-of-school clubs has acquired its sixth nursery, with backing from Santander to grow the group.

EXCLUSIVE: Busy Bees quits trailblazer group as 'process not employer-led'

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Busy Bees has sensationally resigned from the chair of the early years trailblazer group after trying for 18 months to get the Level 3 apprenticeship standard released, Nursery World can reveal.

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The DfE is looking for a national training partner to take on the next stage of the Early Years Professional Development Fund, the children’s minister told delegates at the Nursery World Business Summit.

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

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Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Nearly nine in ten providers offering the 30 hours in Wales agree that the rate is viable, according to findings from research into the early implementer phase of the scheme.

Bright Horizons acquires My Family Care

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons has bought My Family Care, including the Tinies nanny franchises.

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

Sector leaders and experts have welcomed the Chancellor’s focus on childcare reform in the Budget, but warn the funding promised will not solve the current crisis, and there is no detail as yet on funding rates for providers of the expanded 30-hour offer.

Business: What 'buy now, pay later' deals have to offer

Features

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Corporate solicitor Helen Wong provides a 'buyers and sellers' guide to deferred consideration, and why it is an option in today's economic climate

New funding for nursery group RAFA Kidz, while Happy Days makes move into Wales

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Friday, May 26, 2023

| Nursery World

A nursery group which operates settings around RAF stations has been awarded more than £250,000 by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, on behalf of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund.

Recruitment and retention crisis has increased the skills gap in the early years workforce

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

| Nursery World

The early years skills gap has increased by over 2 per cent in the last five years, putting ‘immense pressure' on setting managers’ workloads and stress levels’, according to new research.

Nursery group Storal secures private equity investment

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Monday, October 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Storal nursery group has secured investment to expand with a new private equity provider, and has bought a 123-place nursery in Manchester.

Nursery group Alpha Nurseries closes due to financial problems

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Alpha Nurseries, a group of more than 20 nurseries and out-of-school clubs, with a head office in Ipswich, has announced the immediate closure of all its settings.

'How we kept our nursery open through a coronavirus outbreak'

Features

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Zoe Raven, chief executive of Acorn Early Years Foundation, explains how the group kept one of its nurseries open when children, families and staff tested positive for coronavirus - and the lessons she learned.

Coronavirus: Nursery owners to discuss their experiences of reopening in a free digital conference

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Friday, June 12, 2020

| Nursery World

An online conference run by Famly, with Nursery World as media partner, will be broadcast on 16 June, two weeks on from the date that many settings in England reopened their doors.

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries around the country are considering joining a class action against their insurer and broker over failure to pay out as a result of closure during the coronavirus crisis, Nursery World can reveal.

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

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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 - In control

Features

Monday, December 21, 2020

| Nursery World

In the first part of a series on adapting your business to the current operating environment, Melanie Pilcher sets out how to ensure optimum infection control standards

New outdoor nursery group launches in Scotland

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Monday, July 19, 2021

| Nursery World

An Edinburgh social enterprise has secured £725,000 in funding to launch a chain of outdoor nurseries.

UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees to open 357th setting

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

| Nursery World

Busy Bees Childcare will open its new nursery in Nottingham next month.

Social Media - Picture this!

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Settings should use photos of children on social media, says Nicola Read

Nursery groups grow their businesses

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Derbyshire-based White House Nursery Group has bought its sixth setting, while Back to the Garden Childcare has started construction on its second site.

Nursery Management: Buying And Selling - Survive, adapt and flourish

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| Nursery World

After a pandemic-led downturn last year, the investment outlook for the childcare market is rebounding and optimism is high once again. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Old Station Nursery group adds five more settings

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Thursday, November 4, 2021

| Nursery World

The Old Station Nursery Group has bought My First Friends, a chain of five nurseries in the West Midlands.

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Nursery groups on expansion drive

30 hours: How nurseries are making ends meet

Dizzy Ducks offers mobile wedding creche

Cheshire-based Elmscot expands and starts out-of-school franchise

EXCLUSIVE: Busy Bees quits trailblazer group as 'process not employer-led'

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

Bright Horizons acquires My Family Care

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

Business: What 'buy now, pay later' deals have to offer

New funding for nursery group RAFA Kidz, while Happy Days makes move into Wales

Recruitment and retention crisis has increased the skills gap in the early years workforce

Nursery group Storal secures private equity investment

Nursery group Alpha Nurseries closes due to financial problems

'How we kept our nursery open through a coronavirus outbreak'

Coronavirus: Nursery owners to discuss their experiences of reopening in a free digital conference

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

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

Business - In control

New outdoor nursery group launches in Scotland

UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees to open 357th setting

Social Media - Picture this!

Nursery groups grow their businesses

Nursery Management: Buying And Selling - Survive, adapt and flourish

Old Station Nursery group adds five more settings

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