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Childcare brokers report rise in nursery deals

Friday, April 29, 2016

| Nursery World

First-time buyers are leading a buoyant market for buying nurseries and childcare groups, according to one of the sector’s leading brokers.

Apprenticeship levy needs 'radical rethink'

News

Thursday, April 28, 2016

| Nursery World

The apprenticeship levy, paid by large employers to fund an expansion of apprenticeships, needs a ‘radical rethink’, the CBI will warn today.

Sustainability: Part 4 - Waste not

Features

Friday, April 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Sarah Emerson of Kids Love Nature, and Diane Boyd and Nicky Hirst of Liverpool John Moores University tackle waste in the latest part of our sustainability series

Bright Horizons appoints new MD

News

Friday, April 15, 2016

| Nursery World

James Tugendhat has been named as the new managing director of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, the UK’s second largest nursery chain.

All About Children buys Nelly’s Nurseries to expand London base

News

Thursday, April 14, 2016

| Nursery World

Nursery group All About Children has bought a family-owned chain of four nurseries in South-East London taking its total settings to 17.

Nursery buyout propels group into the top five

News

Thursday, April 7, 2016

| Nursery World

Treetops Nurseries has acquired Yorkshire-based group Kindercare, adding around 900 places to the nursery chain.

Early Years Pupil Premium: Part 7 - Hi-tech tools

Features

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

In the seventh part of our EYPP series, Charlotte Goddard visits some settings to discover how technology can raise outcomes

'Low-pay childcare sector can't afford National Living Wage'

News

Friday, April 1, 2016

| Nursery World

The national living wage has come into force today - as childcare providers say they cannot afford to pay it without raising fees.

Nursery owners create 'Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding' video

News

Thursday, March 31, 2016

| Nursery World

The YouTube video has been launched by a group of nursery owners to campaign against the government’s policies on the free entitlement.

Call for independent review after DfE response to funding queries

News

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| Nursery World

Ceeda director Dr Jo Verrill unpicks the Government’s response to queries about how a range of costs have been accounted for in its 30-hour funding review - and finds some concerning gaps

New: latest edition of Nursery Management

Other

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Don't miss Nursery Management, with our exclusive survey on how costs will affect the sector, ratios across the world, keeping staff fit and more.

Nursery Management: Marketing - All part of the plan

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Marketing may not be top of the priorities list, but with more financial pressures on the way in the form of the 30 hours and National Living Wage, it may come into its own, writes Gordon Kay

Funding - Missing pieces in the 30-hour funding review

Opinion

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government’s Review of childcare costs is supposed to set the sector’s mind at rest – but it only muddies the water further, says Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance

Nursery Management: Ratios - Keeping it in proportion

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Childcare ratios have been a hot topic since former minister Liz Truss opened this particular Pandora’s Box in 2013. Jo Parkes looks at what we can learn from comparable systems abroad

Nursery Management: Business - Costs cocktail

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

How is the impact of the 30 hours, National Living Wage and other increased business costs going to be felt across the sector? Hannah Crown reports

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

News

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Research commissioned by the Department for Education as part of its review into the cost of expanding free childcare to 30 hours is not held by the DfE, Nursery World can reveal, despite being quoted 50 times in a key report.

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

News

Thursday, March 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Measure in yesterday's Budget set to affect the early years sector include a cut to business rates, a sugar levy and an extension to childcare vouchers.