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Business Challenges: Part 4 - Ebb and flow

Features

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

| Nursery World

In the final part of her series, Charlotte Goddard asks how settings should approach local authorities for vital data

Analysis - Why changing the rules is no easy fix to cost challenges

News

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

| Nursery World

With childcare ratios yet again in the spotlight, what do the Government’s plans to align England with Scotland really mean for early years settings? Catherine Gaunt reports

Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

News

Friday, May 20, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings are overwhelmingly against Government plans to change ratios, with just 2 per cent of the opinion that the rule change would enable them to lower fees for parents, according to a survey by the Early Years Alliance.

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

News

Friday, March 25, 2022

| Nursery World

More than 100 nursery groups and early years providers have signed an open letter to the Government highlighting the dire situation the sector faces with recruitment at ‘an all-time low’ and settings struggling to survive after years of underfunding.

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

News

Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have reacted with alarm to more details of funding for the next three financial years, which confirms that the extra money announced for early years entitlements in the autumn budget is £320m less than was stated at the time.

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

News

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

| Nursery World

An equality fund to make Scottish workplaces, including childcare settings, more inclusive and diverse has been launched by the Scottish Government.

Coronavirus: Early years to benefit from renewed Sick Pay Rebate scheme

News

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| Nursery World

While the return of the sick pay scheme is good news for the sector, the business grants announced by the Chancellor yesterday (21 December) are prioritised for hospitality, culture and leisure.

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

News

Thursday, November 25, 2021

| Nursery World

The hourly funding rate paid by the Government to local authorities for the three-and four-year-old entitlements will rise by 17p an hour in most local authority areas in England from April, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Analysis: Doubts raised over the impact of next year's rise in funding

News

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Wage increases, uncertainty over local authority payments for funded hours and the return of business rates, amid other costs, dampen the funding announcement. By Catherine Gaunt

Ministers reportedly planning to change staff: child ratios for under-twos 'to cut childcare costs'

News

Monday, October 4, 2021

| Nursery World

Sector organisations, nursery owners, childcarers and experts have vowed to oppose any attempts from the Government to relax rules on the number of babies and toddlers nurseries and childminders can care for in early years settings.

Small businesses face a challenging autumn, warns business organisation

News

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.

Early years Alliance files complaint over DfE refusal to release funding data

News

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has lodged a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office over the Department for Education's refusal to release calculations to back up its claims that early years funding rates for 2021-22 do cover rising costs to staff wages.

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.

Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report

News

Friday, June 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has been criticised for its low take-up of the 1,140 hour offer among two-year-olds, and for failing to give workforce data on private and voluntary providers.

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.

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Business Challenges: Part 4 - Ebb and flow

Analysis - Why changing the rules is no easy fix to cost challenges

Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

Coronavirus: Early years to benefit from renewed Sick Pay Rebate scheme

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

Analysis: Doubts raised over the impact of next year's rise in funding

Ministers reportedly planning to change staff: child ratios for under-twos 'to cut childcare costs'

Small businesses face a challenging autumn, warns business organisation

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

Early years Alliance files complaint over DfE refusal to release funding data

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report

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

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