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The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) wants to hear from childcare owners and managers about the challenges they are facing with recruitment and retention of staff.

Nursery group wins bid to run children's centre settings

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Friday, January 5, 2018

| Nursery World

Three children’s centre nurseries in Cheshire will be taken over by new third party providers in March 2018.

Government scraps early years expansion fund

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

| Nursery World

The early years investment fund, which was due to provide cheap money to enable settings to expand, has been quietly jettisoned, Nursery World has learned.

Nursery in financial straits closes after being downgraded

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

| Nursery World

The owner of a Warwickshire nursery that closed just before Christmas said a 'requires improvement' Ofsted rating was the 'final straw' for the business.

Busy Bees gains major shareholder

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Thursday, December 21, 2017

| Nursery World

Busy Bees has announced a new business partnership with Singapore-based company Temasek, in what is thought to be the biggest nursery investment deal of the year.

Some nurseries will benefit from business rate relief from April

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

| Nursery World

From next year, 'more than a hundred' nurseries in Wales will be exempt from paying business rates.

Rise to national minimum wage threatens nurseries' survival

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report suggests that increases to minimum wage and national living wage rates will see childcare businesses failing and larger firms taking over.