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Portsmouth nurseries get maximum pilot funding

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Thursday, June 23, 2016

| Nursery World

Portsmouth pilot settings are to receive an hourly rate of £4.88 for the 30 hours – the maximum available.

Kids Planet granted £10 million to grow

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Monday, August 15, 2016

| Nursery World

Nursery chain Kids Planet has secured a £10 million investment from BGF to open five new nurseries over the next two years across the North West.

DfE claims ratio plans could slash fees by more than a quarter

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Friday, May 24, 2013

| Nursery World

Proposals to increase staff: child ratios in early years settings could see nurseries increasing their revenue by more than 200,000 a year, according to a DfE analysis.

Nursery closures rise 66 per cent since 30 hours began

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Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Nursery closures have increased by two-thirds since the 30 hours funded childcare was introduced a year ago, reveals new research.

Welsh nurseries win exemption from business rates

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

| Nursery World

All nurseries in Wales will be exempt from business rates from April 2019 as part of plans to help the childcare sector to expand.

Business rates to remain unchanged for nurseries, Government confirms

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Friday, October 26, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has confirmed it has no plans to scrap business rates for nurseries in England.

Busy Bees continues to grow with Montessori acquisition

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Wednesday, January 2, 2019

| Nursery World

Busy Bees has acquired two more settings, bringing its total number of nurseries to 354.

North-west nursery group closes three-quarters of its settings

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Wednesday, January 2, 2019

| Nursery World

Safehands Nurseries has been forced to close three-quarters of its settings after they became unsustainable.

High court rules that nurseries cannot benefit from same planning rights as schools

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons has lost its case in the high court to extend one of its settings after a judge ruled a nursery is not a ‘school’ and therefore does not benefit from the same planning rights.

Busy Bees expanding in China

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

| Nursery World

The UK’s largest childcare provider Busy Bees is to open 32 nurseries in China over the next five years.

NDNA Workforce survey: sector reaction

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Monday, March 5, 2018

| Nursery World

Nurseries have been sharing their experiences following revelations of the 'shocking' recruitment crisis in the sector.

Voucher companies call for scheme to be re-opened

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare voucher providers are ramping up their campaign to re-open the scheme to parents.

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Training providers say they have lost faith in the Government to deliver the Level 3 apprenticeship standard – which has still not been produced five years after work on it started.

Alliance workload pressures survey goes live

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years workers can have their say on paperwork in a survey being carried out by the Early Years Alliance with Ofsted and the Department for Education.

Nursery schools launch national fight for funding

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Friday, June 21, 2019

| Nursery World

A nationwide campaign calling for the long-term funding of maintained nursery schools launches today.

More nurseries are cutting out plastic

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Monday, September 30, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are cutting out plastic

New inspections welcomed by nurseries

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Monday, October 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years settings that have been inspected under the new framework are largely positive about their experience.

Kindred Education buys Wiltshire nursery group

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Thursday, November 7, 2019

| Nursery World

Kindred Education has bought a group of five nurseries, taking its total number of settings to 19.

Busy Bees buys Canadian nursery provider

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Friday, July 7, 2017

| Nursery World

The Busy Bees group has acquired BrightPath Early Learning in a reported $145m deal.

Children's Food Trust to close

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Friday, July 21, 2017

| Nursery World

The Children's Food Trust, which introduced the first nutritional guidelines for early years settings, has announced today it is to close.

Almost two-fifths of providers think 30 hours will lead to their closure

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

| Nursery World

According to the Pre-school Learning Alliance survey, 38 per cent of providers think their business won't be sustainable in 12 months' time as a result of the 30 hours policy.

International group acquires London nursery

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

| Nursery World

International nursery group Kido has purchased St Patrick’s Montessori Nursery School in central London.

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

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Friday, March 26, 2021

| Nursery World

With new findings revealing settings have been heavily reliant on the furlough scheme, there are fears nurseries would struggle with a sudden rise in demand for places.

Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries

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Thursday, May 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Nanny agency Koru Kids has applied to become an Ofsted registered childminding agency, with the ambition of creating 9,000 new nanny and childminder jobs.

Just Childcare bought by largest Dutch nursery group

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Thursday, June 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Partou, the largest childcare provider in the Netherlands has become the majority shareholder in Just Childcare, one of the UK’s largest nursery providers.

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Portsmouth nurseries get maximum pilot funding

Kids Planet granted £10 million to grow

DfE claims ratio plans could slash fees by more than a quarter

Nursery closures rise 66 per cent since 30 hours began

Welsh nurseries win exemption from business rates

Business rates to remain unchanged for nurseries, Government confirms

Busy Bees continues to grow with Montessori acquisition

North-west nursery group closes three-quarters of its settings

High court rules that nurseries cannot benefit from same planning rights as schools

Busy Bees expanding in China

NDNA Workforce survey: sector reaction

Voucher companies call for scheme to be re-opened

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

Alliance workload pressures survey goes live

Nursery schools launch national fight for funding

More nurseries are cutting out plastic

New inspections welcomed by nurseries

Kindred Education buys Wiltshire nursery group

Busy Bees buys Canadian nursery provider

Children's Food Trust to close

Almost two-fifths of providers think 30 hours will lead to their closure

International group acquires London nursery

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

Nanny agency to offer support and training to set up childminders with home nurseries

Just Childcare bought by largest Dutch nursery group

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