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Kids Planet grows to 182 nurseries

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

The third largest nursery group in the country has acquired its first nurseries in Wales, along with five settings in Greater Manchester.

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Most local authorities have yet to tell providers how much they will receive for funded places, raising doubts over how many settings will be able to offer the entitlements. By Katy Morton

Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

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Friday, January 12, 2024

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Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co is predicting more consolidation among nursery operators and a continued loss of capacity as a result of smaller settings closing, in market predictions for the year ahead.

Childcare provider secures six-figure funding package to buy third setting

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

| Nursery World

A childcare provider has saved a nursery from closure thanks to a six-figure funding package from HSBC.

New Year: The sector reveals its hopes and ambitions for 2024

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Monday, January 8, 2024

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Early years professionals explain what they want the sector, and their own operations, to achieve in the year ahead, against the backdrop of ongoing challenges

Nursery groups Just Childcare and All About Children merge under ownership of Partou

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| Nursery World

Two of the country’s largest nursery groups, owned by the largest Dutch nursery group Partou, are to merge under the Partou brand, making them one of the top five groups in the UK by size.

Nursery group Alpha Nurseries closes due to financial problems

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

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Alpha Nurseries, a group of more than 20 nurseries and out-of-school clubs, with a head office in Ipswich, has announced the immediate closure of all its settings.

Childbase staff to receive attendance award in extra paid leave

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Friday, December 15, 2023

| Nursery World

The Childbase Partnership is launching a scheme in January to reward employees for a perfect attendance record with up to ‘20 extra paid days off’ work a year.

Take part in our free webinar about nursery security with Almas Industries – plus survey findings

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Monday, December 4, 2023

| Nursery World

Join Nursery World for our security seminar with Almas Industries on 18 January to find out what you can do to make your early years setting safe, and read on for the findings of our security and safeguarding survey which will underpin the discussion.

Ofsted to bring in changes to post-inspection complaints process from January, as 80 per cent back plans

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Monday, November 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years providers will be able to contact Ofsted to raise concerns following an inspection, in changes to the way the inspectorate deals with complaints following inspections.

Interview – Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education

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Friday, November 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Catherine Gaunt spoke to Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education, about the findings of Ofsted's Annual Report for 2022-23.

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Katy Morton analyses changes coming down the track and garners opinion on the wider implications.

Hempsall's consultancy joins the Coram Group

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Monday, November 20, 2023

| Nursery World

Hempsall’s consultancy and training has joined the Coram Group and will now become Coram Hempsall’s.

Ashbourne nursery group appoints new MD and opens flagship setting

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Friday, November 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Ashbourne Day Nurseries has appointed a new managing director and opened a flagship setting in Bedfordshire.

Nursery group Storal secures private equity investment

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Monday, October 30, 2023

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Storal nursery group has secured investment to expand with a new private equity provider, and has bought a 123-place nursery in Manchester.

Debate, network and gain essential business intelligence at the Nursery World Business Summit

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Don’t miss Nursery World’s annual Business Summit in London on 2 February 2024, which will tackle the challenges of the sector head on, with a range of interactive presentations.

Recruitment and retention crisis has increased the skills gap in the early years workforce

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

| Nursery World

The early years skills gap has increased by over 2 per cent in the last five years, putting ‘immense pressure' on setting managers’ workloads and stress levels’, according to new research.

Busy Bees buys group of settings in North America

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

| Nursery World

Busy Bees, the UK’s largest nursery group, has further expanded into North America with the acquisition of a chain of 27 childcare centres.

Three directors leave Family First as one of UK's largest nursery groups 'evolves' its leadership team

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Friday, September 22, 2023

| Nursery World

The chief executive of Family First, along with two other directors, have left the nursery group.

Germany's largest childcare provider expands into UK

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

| Nursery World

Kinderzimmer, has expanded to the UK, opening its first setting in North London.

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Kids Planet grows to 182 nurseries

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

Childcare provider secures six-figure funding package to buy third setting

New Year: The sector reveals its hopes and ambitions for 2024

Nursery groups Just Childcare and All About Children merge under ownership of Partou

Nursery group Alpha Nurseries closes due to financial problems

Childbase staff to receive attendance award in extra paid leave

Take part in our free webinar about nursery security with Almas Industries – plus survey findings

Ofsted to bring in changes to post-inspection complaints process from January, as 80 per cent back plans

Interview – Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

Hempsall's consultancy joins the Coram Group

Ashbourne nursery group appoints new MD and opens flagship setting

Nursery group Storal secures private equity investment

Debate, network and gain essential business intelligence at the Nursery World Business Summit

Recruitment and retention crisis has increased the skills gap in the early years workforce

Busy Bees buys group of settings in North America

Three directors leave Family First as one of UK's largest nursery groups 'evolves' its leadership team

Germany's largest childcare provider expands into UK

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