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Brett Wigdortz: Landlords should be encouraged to accommodate childminders, but so should local authorities

Monday, September 4, 2023

| Nursery World

An inability to obtain landlord permission is one of the most common reasons trainee childminders leave our registration process, says the chief executive of Tiney childminding agency.

How to ensure nursery group sales and acquisitions go according to plan

Opinion

Monday, May 22, 2023

| Nursery World

Big sales deals involving nursery groups can sometimes wobble or even collapse. Andrew Coulter at specialist broker Coulter Consulting provides advice on how to avoid this.

Chris Reid: 'Paper has no place in the office'

Opinion

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

| Nursery World

The chief executive and founder of Connect Childcare says that early years settings should only use paper for drawing and sticking.

Maggie Bolger: 'Why a £500 sign-on bonus for childcare workers won't work'

Opinion

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

| Nursery World

The childcare sector is in crisis. The issues are complex. We need realistic solutions, and we need them soon, says nursery owner and entrepreneur Maggie Bolger

Brett Wigdortz, CEO, Tiney: 'We cannot allow the rise in remote working to become another excuse not to act on the childcare crisis'

Opinion

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

| Nursery World

The CEO of childminding agency Tiney says the claim by Ofsted that demand for childminder places is down because more parents are home working is an 'out of touch hunch'.

Data breach solicitor: 'Why are there so many data breaches in the education sector?'

Opinion

Thursday, December 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Richard Forrest at UK data breach solicitors, Hayes Connor, explores why the education sector is the second worst offender for data breaches in the UK.

Leverage the levy: your guide to accessing apprenticeships' funding

Opinion

Friday, March 18, 2022

| Nursery World

Anthony Bromirski, chief operating officer at Busy Bees Education and Training, is encouraging nurseries to access Government funding for their training programmes by ‘leveraging the levy’.

'You may never know the full impact of what you sow into each child’s life'

Opinion

Friday, March 4, 2022

| Nursery World

Th founders of Paint Pots Nurseries in Southampton reflect on nearly three decades as nursery owners and their hopes for the future

Shortage of nannies could become a safeguarding issue

Opinion

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

| Nursery World

The current shortage of nannies is concerning, says Debbie Savernake

Insight: Nursery market in Southern England

Opinion

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

| Nursery World

2021 has been a really active year for the nursery business property market in the South of England, says Sophie Wilcox of Christie & Co

'Our sector is resilient, resourceful and endlessly creative'

Opinion

Thursday, September 30, 2021

| Nursery World

Sarah Carr, chair of the National Day Nurseries Association, reflects as she steps down from the role in October after 20 years

‘Looking forward to doing things a little differently’

Opinion

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

| Nursery World

As NDNA’s new director of Business Development, Cara Brundle says she is excited to be working with members to support their businesses, promote their entrepreneurial skills and find new ways to bring everyone together.

Editor’s view - Open or closed?

Opinion

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years settings want to play their part in the pandemic, but they need urgent action on funding, vaccinations and testing

Market roundup - moving up?

Opinion

Monday, January 18, 2021

| Nursery World

After a bit of a hiatus over the second and third quarter of 2020, the market for nursery transactions has been moving healthily again, says Arun Kanwar

Lockdown: Why early years are clearly an afterthought for government

Opinion

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Ailsa Monk of Cotswold Montessori Schools calls for help for early years settings in the lockdown, saying her experiences in the past few days have left her in tears

Looking forward from lockdown

Opinion

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

| Nursery World

Bertram nursery group CEO Cary Rankin gives his personal reflections on the ups and downs of emerging from lockdown and the ins and outs of working towards a successful future.

From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

Opinion

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Who would have anticipated that a virus we had never heard of could be the last straw to the survival of the early years sector, already weakened by years of under-funding? June O' Sullivan, CEO of nursery group LEYF, on coronavirus challenges

Editor's view - Numbers game

Opinion

Monday, October 14, 2019

| Nursery World

It might be time to look again at the thorny subject of staff:child ratios, but the essential arguments haven't changed substantially

PVI nurseries should be exempt from music licences like schools

Opinion

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Nurseries should be considered 'educational establishments' in law, in line with schools, argues NDNA chief executive Purnima Tanuku

A global opportunity

Opinion

Monday, February 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Graham Stuart MP explains how the Government is helping UK nurseries take advantage of foreign interest in our early years sector

Scouting skills for life

Opinion

Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

The Scouts are piloting a scheme for the early years that will see four- and five-year-olds reap the benefits of the movement, says Matt Hyde

Editor’s view - Rise and fall

Opinion

Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Our investigations into the effects of the national funding formula and 30 hours on nursery provision are deeply concerning

Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls

Opinion

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

As recent reports reveal ongoing problems with the underfunding of the 30 hours, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the biggest voluntary sector provider the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for Government action, as he explains why it has closed more than 20 settings

Ratios debate 'will rear its head again'

Opinion

Friday, April 27, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government is gearing up to try and relax ratios again, argues Christie and Co's Courteney Donaldson, managing director of childcare and education

Inequality at work

Opinion

Monday, April 16, 2018

| Nursery World

Michael Pettavel minds about the gender pay gap

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Brett Wigdortz: Landlords should be encouraged to accommodate childminders, but so should local authorities

How to ensure nursery group sales and acquisitions go according to plan

Chris Reid: 'Paper has no place in the office'

Maggie Bolger: 'Why a £500 sign-on bonus for childcare workers won't work'

Brett Wigdortz, CEO, Tiney: 'We cannot allow the rise in remote working to become another excuse not to act on the childcare crisis'

Data breach solicitor: 'Why are there so many data breaches in the education sector?'

Leverage the levy: your guide to accessing apprenticeships' funding

'You may never know the full impact of what you sow into each child’s life'

Shortage of nannies could become a safeguarding issue

Insight: Nursery market in Southern England

'Our sector is resilient, resourceful and endlessly creative'

‘Looking forward to doing things a little differently’

Editor’s view - Open or closed?

Market roundup - moving up?

Lockdown: Why early years are clearly an afterthought for government

Looking forward from lockdown

From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

Editor's view - Numbers game

PVI nurseries should be exempt from music licences like schools

A global opportunity

Scouting skills for life

Editor’s view - Rise and fall

Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls

Ratios debate 'will rear its head again'

Inequality at work

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