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Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the 30-hour pilot areas concludes there is 'no specific reason' to believe that the policy will not be a success.

Nursery owner's £3.3m backing to launch new nursery group

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Friday, October 28, 2016

| Nursery World

Sarah Steel, the founder and owner of the Old Station Nursery group is launching a new nursery venture with investment firm Downing LLP.

Nursery group expands in South Wales

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

| Nursery World

A South Wales nursery group has opened its fifth setting thanks to a six-figure sum from HSBC.

Just Childcare buys 60th setting

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Sunday, November 10, 2019

| Nursery World

Just Childcare, which operates nurseries in the North West, Yorkshire and South West, has announced the acquisition of Safehands Day Nursery in Harrogate.

Council saves charity-run nurseries

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Friday, December 13, 2019

| Nursery World

Six of the eight nurseries operated by the Great Yarmouth Community Trust, which went into liquidation last month, have been saved by Norfolk County Council.

Little Green Rascals nursery group acquires 6th setting

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Friday, September 14, 2018

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Little Green Rascals Organic Day Nurseries has bought 60-place Polly Anna’s Daycare Nursery in York, formerly owned by Ken McArthur.

Nursery World Awards 2018: Organisations - Nursery Group of the Year:

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Sunday, September 23, 2018

| Nursery World

Paint Pots Nurseries, Southampton

Scottish nurseries win end to business rates

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Day nurseries in Scotland will be exempt from paying business rates, in reforms to the country’s business rates system.

Expanding nursery group Family First appoints new CEO

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Family First, one of the UK’s fastest growing nursery groups, has appointed a new chief executive to oversee its growth and focus on bringing the best quality employees to the team.

Sarah Steel named new NDNA chair

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

| Nursery World

The chief executive of the Old Station nursery group, Sarah Steel, has been appointed as National Day Nurseries Association’s new chair of trustees.

Dukes Education buys group of 10 nurseries

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Monday, October 4, 2021

| Nursery World

Dukes Education has acquired The Kindergartens group of 10 nurseries in London.

Fennies nursery group partners with TV child psychologist

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Fennies Nurseries has hired child psychologist and developmental neuroscientist Sam Wass of Channel 4’s The Secret Life of 4-Year-Olds to provide expert advice on child development.

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

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Thursday, November 25, 2021

| Nursery World

The hourly funding rate paid by the Government to local authorities for the three-and four-year-old entitlements will rise by 17p an hour in most local authority areas in England from April, the Department for Education has confirmed.

ICP Education expands into Scotland

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

| Nursery World

ICP Education has acquired its first settings in Scotland with the acquisition of the Wee Gems Nursery Group.

Market View - Treading Carefully

Features

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Arun Kanwar, partner at Cairneagle Partners, reveals operators’ views on key market issues

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

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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.

North-west nursery group adds three more settings

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Friday, July 31, 2020

| Nursery World

The Village Nursery Group has recently acquired three settings bringing the total owned up to nine nurseries.

Nursery expansion continues despite Covid crisis

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

| Nursery World

Nursery groups are continuing to rapidly expand despite the pandemic, with latest deals including MiChild Group purchasing a chain of five nurseries in Blackpool, Lancashire.

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) are launching the second survey in their year-long research project, looking at the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

Kids Planet on expansion trail

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Monday, September 30, 2013

| Nursery World

The family-owned nursery group is expanding rapidly, with the launch of two new nurseries, one in a former police station.

Nursery World Awards 2013: Organisations - Nursery Chain of the Year

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Winner: Bertram Nursery Group, Scotland and North West England

Nursery Chains: Award Winners - Made to order

Features

Monday, November 16, 2015

| Nursery World

First Steps Children's Nursery Group, Nursery World's Chain of the Year 2015, has acquired woodland to bring Forest School sessions to its own and other children, writes Catherine Gaunt

Nurseries say DfE ratio figures don't add up

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Friday, May 31, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has slammed the Department for Education's (DfE) financial analysis of the ratio proposals as a 'fantasy'.

Average nursery loses £32,000 a year by subsidising 15-hour childcare

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Less than 2 per cent of nurseries say the Government funding they receive to provide universal childcare for three-and four-year-olds covers their delivery costs, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association, which also found that closures have risen by 87 per cent.

Rise in costs hits Scottish childminders' post-pandemic recovery

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Monday, January 30, 2023

| Nursery World

A survey from the Scottish Childminding Association has found that childminders are facing increasing challenges to recover their businesses, following the pandemic.

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Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

Nursery owner's £3.3m backing to launch new nursery group

Nursery group expands in South Wales

Just Childcare buys 60th setting

Council saves charity-run nurseries

Little Green Rascals nursery group acquires 6th setting

Nursery World Awards 2018: Organisations - Nursery Group of the Year:

Scottish nurseries win end to business rates

Expanding nursery group Family First appoints new CEO

Sarah Steel named new NDNA chair

Dukes Education buys group of 10 nurseries

Fennies nursery group partners with TV child psychologist

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

ICP Education expands into Scotland

Market View - Treading Carefully

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

North-west nursery group adds three more settings

Nursery expansion continues despite Covid crisis

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

Kids Planet on expansion trail

Nursery World Awards 2013: Organisations - Nursery Chain of the Year

Nursery Chains: Award Winners - Made to order

Nurseries say DfE ratio figures don't add up

Average nursery loses £32,000 a year by subsidising 15-hour childcare

Rise in costs hits Scottish childminders' post-pandemic recovery

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