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Nursery Chains: League Tables - High fliers

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  • Friday, November 4, 2011
  • | Nursery World
You'll find some new names in our Top 25 table of nursery groups this year, and in the directory too. Catherine Gaunt analyses the ups and downs in both size and quality of the chains.

15 hours... achieving big ambitions

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  • Monday, October 31, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Providing the 15 hours and responding to the changing needs of parents has, as this column has shown, required much effort by settings to transform their business, workforce, and sometimes premises. James Hempsall explains how one pre-school has exceeded its ambitions by being resourceful and sharpening its business approach.

HR Update: Get ready for changes to unfair dismissal

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  • Monday, October 31, 2011
  • | Nursery World
The current qualification period for employees to bring an unfair dismissal claim to an employment tribunal is one year. From 6 April 2012 employees will require two years' service to do so. However, employers need to understand the power of other staff rights which might result in a successful early claim, says Jacqui Mann, managing director of HR4Nurseries (www.hr4nurseries.co.uk)

15 hours...offering flexibility in a shared space

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  • Monday, October 3, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Providers who use shared space in a community building can sometimes encounter difficulties when moving from a sessional model to delivering the free entitlement. Community buildings often have many users, limiting the hours a provider can open or extend. James Hempsall outlines how one provider has overcome these problems

OVERVIEW: Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2010

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  • Friday, September 30, 2011
  • | Nursery World
The 2010 early years providers survey, carried out by the Department of Education, points to greater losses and more vacancies but many of this year's findings may be affected, in part, by changes to the sampling process. Here are some of the main findings:

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