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Market roundup: latest deals in the nursery sector

Features

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Arun Kanwar gives us the lowdown on the market for nursery businesses

Wales puts 30 hour childcare on hold to pay for key worker children

News

Monday, April 6, 2020

| Nursery World

The Welsh Government is launching a coronavirus childcare assistance scheme to support Wales’ critical workers, and suspending the childcare offer for Wales for three months.

Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

News

Thursday, April 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Nursery workers that have been put on temporary leave by their employer during the coronavirus crisis can be furloughed more than once, according to updated guidance.

Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed

News

Friday, March 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Childminders are among the workers that could be eligible for the Government scheme to extend financial support to the self-employed affected by Covid-19.

Coronavirus: More childcare settings closing their doors

News

Thursday, March 26, 2020

| Nursery World

An increasing number of nurseries are closing, because they feel that the risk of spreading Covid-19 is too great.

Nurseries expected to stay open for key workers from Monday

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Nursery workers and teachers are on the list of key workers whose children will still be able to attend nursery or school during the coronavirus outbreak.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 20 of the UK's leading nursery operators and early years organisations have formed a working group to co-ordinate responses and lobbying on the coronavirus crisis.

From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

Opinion

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Who would have anticipated that a virus we had never heard of could be the last straw to the survival of the early years sector, already weakened by years of under-funding? June O' Sullivan, CEO of nursery group LEYF, on coronavirus challenges

Chancellor pledges 'unprecedented' economy support plan

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a range of measures to protect businesses and workers from economic effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Nursery Management: Sustainability - Long-term view

Features

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

After doing a course on sustainable leadership, Tops Day Nurseries’ managing director Cheryl Hadland was inspired to bring green transformation to her 30-setting group

Nursery Management: Funding - Make or break

Features

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

The sector is in crisis mode, with widespread underfunding, a workforce problem and rising costs. Just how bad will it become before it gets better? By Hannah Crown

Nursery Management: Funding - Don’t hold back

Features

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Some councils are wrongly withholding thousands of pounds in contingency funding. Jo Parkes speaks to settings who have successfully claimed it back

Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition

News

Monday, March 9, 2020

| Nursery World

A petition calling for business rates to be scrapped for childcare providers in England has been re-launched.

Business - How you can make ends meet

Features

Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

This extract from Operating a Viable Early Years Provision sets out how providers can get a handle on their costs and get maximum flexibility out of their budgeting

Childbase Partnership ranked Number 1 in top 25 companies to work for list

News

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Childbase Partnership has been awarded first place in The Sunday Times Top Best 25 Big Companies to Work For 2020 list.

New early years resource to help settings promote sustainability

News

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

| Nursery World

A new online toolkit to help nurseries become more sustainable and tackle the climate emergency is now available.

Happy Days expands as other groups grow

News

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Happy Days Nurseries is opening its 21st nursery in Bristol next month, with work underway on a new site to open in Salisbury in August.

Kiddi Caru to close Earls Court nursery

News

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Kiddi Caru’s Earls Court nursery is to close at the end of next month as the lease on the building is not being renewed by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

Interview - Cheryl Hadland, managing director of Tops Day Nurseries and founder of GECCO

News

Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Green Early Years Choices Champions Organisation has launched a petition calling for sustainability to be included in the EYFS reforms

Study identifies three types of early years professional

News

Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Researchers have followed the professional journeys of early years workers to try and find out their reasons for pursuing a career in the sector, or leaving the job.

Guide to: using the apprenticeship service - Greater access

Features

Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

As of January 2020, the digital apprenticeship service has been available to small employers that don’t pay the levy. So how does it work, asks the AELP's Simon Ashworth

Low pay forces early years workers to quit jobs they love

News

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years workers should be paid the same as primary teachers, according to new research, which says that thousands of professionals in the sector are being driven out by low pay and lack of recognition.

Large nursery groups 'hungrier' for growth, report suggests

News

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Larger nursery groups are expected to continue to grow in 2020, buying up single nurseries and small chains, predicts childcare property broker Redwoods Dowling Kerr.

Kids Planet buys Kids Allowed

News

Monday, January 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Two of the largest nursery groups in the country have joined forces, as Kids Planet acquires Kids Allowed.

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

News

Monday, January 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Have your say in our joint Nursery World and Ceeda survey

Search Results

Market roundup: latest deals in the nursery sector

Wales puts 30 hour childcare on hold to pay for key worker children

Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed

Coronavirus: More childcare settings closing their doors

Nurseries expected to stay open for key workers from Monday

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

From Cinderella to the 4th Emergency Service

Chancellor pledges 'unprecedented' economy support plan

Nursery Management: Sustainability - Long-term view

Nursery Management: Funding - Make or break

Nursery Management: Funding - Don’t hold back

Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition

Business - How you can make ends meet

Childbase Partnership ranked Number 1 in top 25 companies to work for list

New early years resource to help settings promote sustainability

Happy Days expands as other groups grow

Kiddi Caru to close Earls Court nursery

Interview - Cheryl Hadland, managing director of Tops Day Nurseries and founder of GECCO

Study identifies three types of early years professional

Guide to: using the apprenticeship service - Greater access

Low pay forces early years workers to quit jobs they love

Large nursery groups 'hungrier' for growth, report suggests

Kids Planet buys Kids Allowed

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

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