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The Land Registry has made it its business to provide staff with subsidised childcare. Catherine Gaunt looks at the all-round benefits of this family-friendly policy With workplace nurseries still far from commonplace, the Land Registry is leading the way in providing employer-supported childcare with the best ratio of nursery places to staff in the Civil Service. This equates to one nursery place for around 25 staff and means that employees at all of its 25 offices in England and Wales have access to some form of subsidised provision either in on-site nurseries, 'bought-in places' or holiday playschemes.

With workplace nurseries still far from commonplace, the Land Registry is leading the way in providing employer-supported childcare with the best ratio of nursery places to staff in the Civil Service. This equates to one nursery place for around 25 staff and means that employees at all of its 25 offices in England and Wales have access to some form of subsidised provision either in on-site nurseries, 'bought-in places' or holiday playschemes.

The Land Registry employs 9,000 people with a quarter of its staff working part-time and women accounting for about two-thirds of the workforce.

As John Nicholson, the Land Registry's head of diversity and equal opportunities, explains, offering childcare demonstrates its commitment to work-life balance and family-friendly policies. These include flexi-time, part-time working and career breaks. 'We need to look at being an employer of choice,' he says.

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