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Kids Planet grows to 182 nurseries

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

The third largest nursery group in the country has acquired its first nurseries in Wales, along with five settings in Greater Manchester.

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Most local authorities have yet to tell providers how much they will receive for funded places, raising doubts over how many settings will be able to offer the entitlements. By Katy Morton

Survey into early years providers' costs and staffing pressures

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years providers are being invited to take part in a survey analysing the impact of rising costs and funding challenges on the sector.

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

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Monday, January 15, 2024

| Nursery World

Thousands of parents are struggling to get their code to take up the extended hours and to find a setting that is offering funded places.

Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

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Friday, January 12, 2024

| Nursery World

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co is predicting more consolidation among nursery operators and a continued loss of capacity as a result of smaller settings closing, in market predictions for the year ahead.

Tops Day Nurseries features game meat on the menu

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

| Nursery World

Tops nursery group has introduced wild meat to their menus to extend children’s taste buds and help protect diverse species in their natural environment.

Childcare provider secures six-figure funding package to buy third setting

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

| Nursery World

A childcare provider has saved a nursery from closure thanks to a six-figure funding package from HSBC.

Nursery groups Just Childcare and All About Children merge under ownership of Partou

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| Nursery World

Two of the country’s largest nursery groups, owned by the largest Dutch nursery group Partou, are to merge under the Partou brand, making them one of the top five groups in the UK by size.

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.

Childbase staff to receive attendance award in extra paid leave

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Friday, December 15, 2023

| Nursery World

The Childbase Partnership is launching a scheme in January to reward employees for a perfect attendance record with up to ‘20 extra paid days off’ work a year.

Concerns childminders will cease to exist as DfE survey reveals a 5 per cent drop in childcare providers

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

| Nursery World

The latest DfE Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey shows the number of early years providers has fallen by 5 per cent in a year, mainly driven by a loss of 3,200 childminders.

DfE confirms extended 30 hours funding rates, but sector says they don't reflect the 'real delivery cost'

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

| Nursery World

The DfE has announced national average hourly funding rates of £11.22 for under-twos, £8.28 for two-year-olds and £5.88 for three and four-year-olds from April when the first phase of the extended offer comes in.

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

News

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Katy Morton analyses changes coming down the track and garners opinion on the wider implications.

Hempsall's consultancy joins the Coram Group

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Monday, November 20, 2023

| Nursery World

Hempsall’s consultancy and training has joined the Coram Group and will now become Coram Hempsall’s.

Ashbourne nursery group appoints new MD and opens flagship setting

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Friday, November 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Ashbourne Day Nurseries has appointed a new managing director and opened a flagship setting in Bedfordshire.

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.

Special Focus: Latest apps to keep you connected with parents

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

How management software is supporting early years providers to work proactively and collaboratively with parents, benefiting settings and families alike. By Karen Hart

Nursery Management Supplement 2023: Pursuit for quality settings leads M&A activity

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

The market for acquisitions has slowed due to problems in the economy and concerns over staffing, but high-quality settings remain favourable targets. By Annette Rawstrone

Debate, network and gain essential business intelligence at the Nursery World Business Summit

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Don’t miss Nursery World’s annual Business Summit in London on 2 February 2024, which will tackle the challenges of the sector head on, with a range of interactive presentations.

Market View: Key trends revealed by Cairneagle early years survey

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Arun Kanwar, managing partner at Cairneagle, on key findings from the firm’s survey of early years providers

HR Guru: Neonatal Leave

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Imogen Edmunds, managing director of Redwing Solutions, which specialises in HR for early years settings, on maternity rights.

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.

The Big Debate – Does the rise in private equity investment in England’s childcare sector put nurseries at risk of closure?

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

| Nursery World

Does the rise in private equity investment in England’s childcare sector put nurseries at risk of closure? We asked two experts in the sector to share their views

Three directors leave Family First as one of UK's largest nursery groups 'evolves' its leadership team

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Friday, September 22, 2023

| Nursery World

The chief executive of Family First, along with two other directors, have left the nursery group.

Young Leaders: How I got to the top

Features

Thursday, September 14, 2023

| Nursery World

Lillie Hart, nursery manager at Jesters Day Nursery and Pre-school in Beaulieu.

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Kids Planet grows to 182 nurseries

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

Survey into early years providers' costs and staffing pressures

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

Tops Day Nurseries features game meat on the menu

Childcare provider secures six-figure funding package to buy third setting

Nursery groups Just Childcare and All About Children merge under ownership of Partou

Nursery group Alpha Nurseries closes due to financial problems

Childbase staff to receive attendance award in extra paid leave

Concerns childminders will cease to exist as DfE survey reveals a 5 per cent drop in childcare providers

DfE confirms extended 30 hours funding rates, but sector says they don't reflect the 'real delivery cost'

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

Hempsall's consultancy joins the Coram Group

Ashbourne nursery group appoints new MD and opens flagship setting

Nursery group Storal secures private equity investment

Special Focus: Latest apps to keep you connected with parents

Nursery Management Supplement 2023: Pursuit for quality settings leads M&A activity

Debate, network and gain essential business intelligence at the Nursery World Business Summit

Market View: Key trends revealed by Cairneagle early years survey

HR Guru: Neonatal Leave

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

The Big Debate – Does the rise in private equity investment in England’s childcare sector put nurseries at risk of closure?

Three directors leave Family First as one of UK's largest nursery groups 'evolves' its leadership team

Young Leaders: How I got to the top

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