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Low wages driving childcare workers into retail jobs

Thursday, April 25, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare wages are falling, while those in retail are rising, according to research highlighting the risk of a growing exodus from the early years workforce.

All workers now entitled to a payslip

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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

| Nursery World

A poll has found that 15 per cent of workers under 24 do not receive a payslip, ahead of a change to the law that means that all workers are now legally entitled to one.

Nursery fraud warning after parent's bank account hacked

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Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

A Kirklees nursery owner who received thousands of pounds from someone posing as a parent has spoken out about this ‘new type of scam’.

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

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Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

As providers increasingly move to charging parents of disadvantaged two-year-olds for ‘extras’, one local authority body has recommended settings refrain from doing so.

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.

Busy time for nursery acquisitions as Kids Planet expands reach

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Monday, April 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Kids Planet has acquired a group of five nurseries, while Cherubs Nurseries and Mama Bear’s have each added one new setting.

Settings face cuts after council overspend

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Monday, April 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare providers in Northamptonshire may be forced to get rid of staff, resources or reduce their own salaries if the county council goes ahead with plans to cut early years funding from April.

Underfunding pushing up costs for parents, suggests new research

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

A new DfE report on providers’ finances shows that the hourly fee charged by settings for three- and four-year-old places is on average 58p higher than what they receive in funding.

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.

Rise in staff costs risks nursery 'casualties', warns NDNA

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of nurseries are facing a hike of between 5- to- 12 per cent to their staffing costs due to the rise in wages and pensions from 1 April.

Nursery Management: National Living Wage - Pay slip

Features

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Many settings are wondering how they are going to afford the upcoming 5 per cent increase to the National Living Wage, let alone keep pay differentials to reward senior staff. So what are the options? Annette Rawstrone reports

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council has written to the Education Secretary with concerns it will not be able to provide sufficient childcare places if early years settings there continue to close.

Nursery Management: Brexit - The ‘B’ word

Features

Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Are childcare providers planning for the UK’s exit from the European Union? And what impact is the uncertainty having on their business? By Katy Morton

Alliance launches early years survey on impact of wage rises

News

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has launched a survey for early years providers ahead of national minimum wage increases next month.

Bertram nursery group acquired in management buyout

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Monday, March 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Bertram Nursery Group, one of the largest nursery groups in the UK, has been bought by its management, with funding from Apiary Capital and Santander.

Birmingham puts council nurseries out to tender

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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

| Nursery World

All council-run nurseries in Birmingham have been put out to tender by the council in the hope that they will be taken on by private, voluntary or social enterprise providers.

Guide to...Public Liability Insurance

Knowledge Bank

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

| Nursery World

An essential guide in association with Jelf and PACEY

Nursery groups continuing to expand

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

| Nursery World

Just Childcare has acquired a group of three nurseries, while Kids Planet and Busy Bees have both added settings.

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.

Devastated owner to close setting due to 30 hours

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

| Nursery World

A nursery provider has been forced to close one of her settings because a shortfall in funding for the free entitlement has made the business unsustainable.