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National early years training provider extends its offering

Thursday, September 8, 2022

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National early years training provider Realise has increased its offering with the acquisition of an independent training company which operates across Yorkshire and the North-East.

Increasing the minimum wage to £15 an hour would be 'disastrous' for the sector

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

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Early years organisations believe if the minimum wage was increased to £15 per hour, as per the TUC's call, it would be 'impossible' for childcare settings to remain open.

Busy Bees acquires three nurseries in Hampshire

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Friday, August 26, 2022

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Busy Bees Childcare, the largest nursery group in the UK, has bought Egg Day Nurseries, a family-owned organisation located in Andover and Winchester, which offers a total of 181 places for children.

Nottingham-based nursery group builds best practice with video-based interaction programme

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

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Hollies Day Nurseries has become the first business in the UK to have all its nursery staff trained in the Marte Meo approach.

Grandir UK acquires the Maggie & Rose nursery group

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

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Grandir UK, which owns Kiddi Caru, has acquired all three Maggie & Rose nurseries based in London.

Urgent call for increased early years funding as inflation pushes up nursery costs

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Friday, August 19, 2022

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The Government must invest in the early years to help providers fight the cost-of-living crisis as inflation reaches 10 per cent, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has said.

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

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Friday, August 12, 2022

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A new report looking at ways to reform childcare recommends staff: child ratios be relaxed further than the proposed 1:5 in 'good' and 'outstanding' nurseries and suggests childminder agencies take on a larger role within the sector.

Scottish childcare settings in nearly half of local authorities don't know their new funding rate

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

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Nearly half of councils in Scotland have yet to make a decision on the hourly rates they will pay childcare providers from next week, reveals a FOI.

Latest on Welcome Nurseries: Group sells 26 settings as it goes into administration

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

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Welcome Nurseries – the fourth largest nursery group in the UK – has gone through a pre-packaged administration sale of 26 of its settings, leaving the fate of the remaining nurseries and its staff unclear.

Welcome Nurseries sold in management buyout

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Friday, August 5, 2022

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Welcome Nurseries, the UK’s fourth largest nursery group, has been sold in a management buyout to a private investor.

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries fight for ‘no win, no fee’ court action on Covid losses

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

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A law firm is expecting to represent 100 nurseries whose policies did not pay out for business losses due to Covid-19. By Catherine Gaunt

Growing nursery groups add more sites

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Monday, August 1, 2022

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Thrive Childcare and Education has bought two more settings, while Children 1st has opened its flagship nursery, and Future Einsteins has acquired its third site.

Happy Days nursery group secures multi-million pound investment to expand

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Friday, July 29, 2022

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Happy Days nursery group, which operates 18 settings, has secured funding from private equity firm Zetland Capital to grow to more than double its size.

Day nursery market reaches record highs, with rise in owners wanting to sell up by 51 per cent

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

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The day nursery market in the UK experienced an ‘unprecedented’ level of deals and owners choosing to put their business up for sale during the first six months of this year, according to Christie & Co.

Ofsted - Children continue to be behind developmentally due to Covid

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

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Children’s language development, social interaction and gross motor skills continue to be impacted by the pandemic, according to new research from the inspectorate.

Family First buys group of 10 sites

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

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Family First has acquired a chain of 10 nurseries in the East of England, taking its total number of settings to 66.

Childcare settings and schools put measures in place to cope with the red weather alert

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Friday, July 15, 2022

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With a red warning for extreme heat issued in much of England for the first time ever, nurseries and schools are having to make adjustments to cope with the heat, including closing settings early.

Coronavirus: Seventy nurseries signed up to bring potential lawsuit against insurance broker

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

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Law firm Fieldfisher is planning to push ahead with legal action on behalf of dozens of nurseries against insurance broker Pound Gates for recommending business interruption insurance policies that failed to pay out during the pandemic.

Kids Planet grows to 125 nurseries

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

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The UK’s third largest nursery group has acquired Choice Childcare - a chain of five settings in North East England.

GCSE maths and English pass a barrier to T-Level take-up, warn researchers

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

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The requirement for a pass in GCSE English and maths by training providers is holding students back from taking education T-Levels, finds new research.

Care provider Belong to open integrated nursery in care village

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Friday, July 8, 2022

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Dementia specialist provider Belong is opening its first care village with a fully integrated children’s day nursery on-site in Chester this month.

Family First set to grow to 80 settings

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Friday, July 8, 2022

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The nursery group, which has recently extended the business into the south coast, says it aims to ‘reach’ over 80 sites through acquisition by the end of this year.

Early years is ‘an invisible workforce’ - report

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

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More than nine in ten workers in the early years sector feel they are not respected by Government and policymakers, while seven in ten feel a lack of respect from the public, according to a survey from early childhood platform Famly.

Sector invited to contribute to Level 3 Early Years Educator review

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

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The review of the Early Years Educator (EYE) qualification has opened for feedback from the sector and parents.

Kids Planet opens graduate training scheme

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Monday, June 27, 2022

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Kids Planet, the UK's third largest nursery group, has joined forces with the Best Practice Network to launch a new graduate training scheme.

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National early years training provider extends its offering

Increasing the minimum wage to £15 an hour would be 'disastrous' for the sector

Busy Bees acquires three nurseries in Hampshire

Nottingham-based nursery group builds best practice with video-based interaction programme

Grandir UK acquires the Maggie & Rose nursery group

Urgent call for increased early years funding as inflation pushes up nursery costs

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

Scottish childcare settings in nearly half of local authorities don't know their new funding rate

Latest on Welcome Nurseries: Group sells 26 settings as it goes into administration

Welcome Nurseries sold in management buyout

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries fight for ‘no win, no fee’ court action on Covid losses

Growing nursery groups add more sites

Happy Days nursery group secures multi-million pound investment to expand

Day nursery market reaches record highs, with rise in owners wanting to sell up by 51 per cent

Ofsted - Children continue to be behind developmentally due to Covid

Family First buys group of 10 sites

Childcare settings and schools put measures in place to cope with the red weather alert

Coronavirus: Seventy nurseries signed up to bring potential lawsuit against insurance broker

Kids Planet grows to 125 nurseries

GCSE maths and English pass a barrier to T-Level take-up, warn researchers

Care provider Belong to open integrated nursery in care village

Family First set to grow to 80 settings

Early years is ‘an invisible workforce’ - report

Sector invited to contribute to Level 3 Early Years Educator review

Kids Planet opens graduate training scheme

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