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New flexible funding offer for nursery businesses

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

| Nursery World

A new finance company has been launched to offer flexible finance to SMEs in the education sector.

Early years workers blocked from local job moves

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Monday, May 18, 2015

| Nursery World

Nursery staff are finding themselves barred from applying for local jobs by employers increasingly imposing restrictive clauses in their contracts, Nursery World has learned.

Carole Edmond leaves Bright Horizons

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Friday, May 22, 2015

| Nursery World

Carole Edmond, managing director of Bright Horizons, has left the nursery group after six years in the role.

South West nursery group to open 22nd setting

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

| Nursery World

Mama Bear’s Day Nursery is to open a new setting in Hanham, Bristol in January 2016.

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.

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

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Friday, June 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Local authorities’ failure to monitor childcare provision, and a lack of available places, risks putting the Government’s childcare plans in jeopardy, warns a new report.

New 'living wage' to put sector under further pressure

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Monday, August 10, 2015

| Nursery World

Nurseries will be forced to put up their fees and employ younger staff and fewer well-qualified staff to cope with the introduction of the ‘national living wage’ (NLW), according to research by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

Business healthcheck to live on after 4Children closure

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

An early years ‘business healthcheck’ website to replace the now defunct 4Children version, is due to be relaunched in the new year.

Early years research programme seeks settings to join panel

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Monday, May 22, 2017

| Nursery World

Research programme About Early Years (AEY), run by Ceeda, is calling on settings to sign up for its panel to contribute to data collection.

Conference to tackle gender imbalance in early years workforce

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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

| Nursery World

A conference on engaging men in the early years will be held at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford later this month.

Apprenticeship levy needs 'radical rethink'

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

| Nursery World

The apprenticeship levy, paid by large employers to fund an expansion of apprenticeships, needs a ‘radical rethink’, the CBI will warn today.

London nursery group takes on village life

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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Hungry Caterpillar Day Nurseries has acquired an old village pub to convert into a nursery.

Apprenticeship funding: small groups to pay 10 per cent upfront

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Friday, August 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Smaller settings wishing to employ apprentices will have to pay just 10 per cent of the costs of training them, the Government has announced today.

Nursery groups must report on gender pay gap

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Friday, April 7, 2017

| Nursery World

All employers with 250 or more employees will now be required by law to publish figures on the gender pay gap.

Early Years Pay and Conditions Survey 2016

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

The latest research from Nursery World and the Pre-school Learning Alliance is in. Shannon Hawthorne, the Alliance’s press and public affairs director, and Michelle Brown, its human resources adviser, highlight the key findings

Bright Horizons buys Asquith

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has acquired Asquith Day Nurseries and Pre-Schools in a major deal for the early years sector.

West Midlands group plans local expansion

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Staffordshire-based chain Footsteps Day Nurseries has acquired two more nurseries, with plans to open another nursery next year.

Childcare property market sees 15 per cent increase in deals

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Monday, January 26, 2015

| Nursery World

The number of deals in the childcare sector rose by 15 per cent last year and is predicted to do the same in 2015, according to Christie and Co.

Fees to rise as ‘living wage’ hits hard

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries are considering fee rises of up to seven per cent to help pay for the new ‘living wage’, according to property expert Courteney Donaldson.

DfE renews drive to set up childminder agencies

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Friday, January 22, 2016

| Nursery World

4Children is supporting nurseries, schools and local authorities to open childminder agencies in a new push by the Department for Education to expand the scheme across England.

Tell us your thoughts!

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Friday, February 26, 2016

| Nursery World

Our Business Costs survey seeking to find out how settings are coping with cost challenges: from the National Living Wage this April through to the funded entitlement for 3/4 year olds (and the planned increase from 15 to 30 hours next year).

Just Childcare buys 50th nursery

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

| Nursery World

The Just Childcare group, which operates nurseries in the North West, Yorkshire and the South West, has acquired Kiddy Factory Nursery in Liverpool.

Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding

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Friday, February 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Self-employed childcare providers could miss out on Universal Credit as a result of receiving early years entitlement funding, the Early Years Alliance has warned.

Nursery destroyed in fire urgently seeks new premises

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

| Nursery World

Honey Pot nursery in Liverpool has been forced to close after a suspected arson attack.

Nursery group adds 10th setting

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Friday, July 12, 2019

| Nursery World

Saurus Nurseries has acquired a West Sussex nursery as part of expansion plans.

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New flexible funding offer for nursery businesses

Early years workers blocked from local job moves

Carole Edmond leaves Bright Horizons

South West nursery group to open 22nd setting

Hard facts of funding gap revealed

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

New 'living wage' to put sector under further pressure

Business healthcheck to live on after 4Children closure

Early years research programme seeks settings to join panel

Conference to tackle gender imbalance in early years workforce

Apprenticeship levy needs 'radical rethink'

London nursery group takes on village life

Apprenticeship funding: small groups to pay 10 per cent upfront

Nursery groups must report on gender pay gap

Early Years Pay and Conditions Survey 2016

Bright Horizons buys Asquith

West Midlands group plans local expansion

Childcare property market sees 15 per cent increase in deals

Fees to rise as ‘living wage’ hits hard

DfE renews drive to set up childminder agencies

Tell us your thoughts!

Just Childcare buys 50th nursery

Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding

Nursery destroyed in fire urgently seeks new premises

Nursery group adds 10th setting

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