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Happy Days nursery group secures multi-million pound investment to expand

Friday, July 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Happy Days nursery group, which operates 18 settings, has secured funding from private equity firm Zetland Capital to grow to more than double its size.

Day nursery market reaches record highs, with rise in owners wanting to sell up by 51 per cent

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

| Nursery World

The day nursery market in the UK experienced an ‘unprecedented’ level of deals and owners choosing to put their business up for sale during the first six months of this year, according to Christie & Co.

Ofsted - Children continue to be behind developmentally due to Covid

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

| Nursery World

Children’s language development, social interaction and gross motor skills continue to be impacted by the pandemic, according to new research from the inspectorate.

Family First buys group of 10 sites

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

| Nursery World

Family First has acquired a chain of 10 nurseries in the East of England, taking its total number of settings to 66.

Coronavirus: Seventy nurseries signed up to bring potential lawsuit against insurance broker

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

| Nursery World

Law firm Fieldfisher is planning to push ahead with legal action on behalf of dozens of nurseries against insurance broker Pound Gates for recommending business interruption insurance policies that failed to pay out during the pandemic.

Kids Planet grows to 125 nurseries

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

| Nursery World

The UK’s third largest nursery group has acquired Choice Childcare - a chain of five settings in North East England.

Care provider Belong to open integrated nursery in care village

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Friday, July 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Dementia specialist provider Belong is opening its first care village with a fully integrated children’s day nursery on-site in Chester this month.

Family First set to grow to 80 settings

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Friday, July 8, 2022

| Nursery World

The nursery group, which has recently extended the business into the south coast, says it aims to ‘reach’ over 80 sites through acquisition by the end of this year.

Integration: part 2 - New horizons

Features

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

| Nursery World

How can nursery groups taking on a new setting build a positive working culture within the workplace? Charlotte Goddard reports

Childcare Counsel - late payments

Features

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

| Nursery World

What providers should look for in contracts about late payments. By Andrew Manners, director at Morgan LaRoche

Market View - Focusing On Quality

Features

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

| Nursery World

Arun Kanwar, partner at Cairneagle Partners, reports on the latest trends in nursery acquisitions

Business Challenges: Part 4 - Ebb and flow

Features

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

| Nursery World

In the final part of her series, Charlotte Goddard asks how settings should approach local authorities for vital data

Kids Planet and Thrive Education continue to grow

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Friday, June 24, 2022

| Nursery World

The third largest nursery group in the country, Kids Planet, has bought Happy Days Lancashire, while Thrive Education has bought its third nursery in Chester.

The UK's top 10 largest nursery groups continue to expand

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

| Nursery World

Busy Bees Childcare, Grandir and ICP Education have all acquired more settings.

NDNA launches campaign to raise the profile of the early years sector

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| Nursery World

A campaign to promote the sector and its dedicated workforce is being launched by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

ICP Education to rebrand as 'Bright Stars'

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| Nursery World

Nursery group ICP Education is changing its name to Bright Stars to reflect its ‘shining reputation’ in the early years.

‘Considerably more’ ethnic minority and disadvantaged children missed out on early learning due to Covid

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| Nursery World

New research shows that attendance in early years settings was ‘lower than expected’ in areas with large ethnic minority populations, deprived neighbourhoods and areas with high unemployment rates.

Year long inquiry into UK education calls for a 'significant boost' to early years funding

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report finds the education system is ‘failing’ and calls for wide scale change including reform of Ofsted, increased early years funding and measures to ‘level the playing field’ between advantaged and disadvantaged children.

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

| Nursery World

The Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification (EYE) will be reviewed by the national education awarding organisation NCFE in the summer.

Get your tickets to our Sustainability in the Early Years conference

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

| Nursery World

There's just less than a month to go until our conference on sustainability on 13 July where delegates will hear from a top line-up of presenters about how to adopt sustainable practice and provision.

Emergency childcare provision boosts employee job satisfaction and retention

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

| Nursery World

More than six in ten employees experienced issues with childcare arrangements last year, according to a survey by Bright Horizons, which says that access to back-up childcare has a positive impact on employee retention.

Monkeypox listed as a notifiable disease in UK as cases rise

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

| Nursery World

From today (8 June), Monkeypox is recognised in law as a notifiable infectious disease under the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010.

Kids Planet acquires 115th setting

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

| Nursery World

The third largest nursery group in the UK has bought Kinderbear Nursery in Padiham, Lancashire.

Management Queries - In action

Features

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

| Nursery World

Our panel of early years setting leaders explain how they observe job candidates’ skills at interacting and engaging with children. By Gabriella Jozwiak

Business Challenges: Part 3 - Reaching out

Features

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

| Nursery World

How should settings strengthen their connection to local parents in a shifting landscape, asks Charlotte Goddard

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Happy Days nursery group secures multi-million pound investment to expand

Day nursery market reaches record highs, with rise in owners wanting to sell up by 51 per cent

Ofsted - Children continue to be behind developmentally due to Covid

Family First buys group of 10 sites

Coronavirus: Seventy nurseries signed up to bring potential lawsuit against insurance broker

Kids Planet grows to 125 nurseries

Care provider Belong to open integrated nursery in care village

Family First set to grow to 80 settings

Integration: part 2 - New horizons

Childcare Counsel - late payments

Market View - Focusing On Quality

Business Challenges: Part 4 - Ebb and flow

Kids Planet and Thrive Education continue to grow

The UK's top 10 largest nursery groups continue to expand

NDNA launches campaign to raise the profile of the early years sector

ICP Education to rebrand as 'Bright Stars'

‘Considerably more’ ethnic minority and disadvantaged children missed out on early learning due to Covid

Year long inquiry into UK education calls for a 'significant boost' to early years funding

Level 3 EYE qualification to be reviewed this summer

Get your tickets to our Sustainability in the Early Years conference

Emergency childcare provision boosts employee job satisfaction and retention

Monkeypox listed as a notifiable disease in UK as cases rise

Kids Planet acquires 115th setting

Management Queries - In action

Business Challenges: Part 3 - Reaching out

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