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Grandir UK acquires the Maggie & Rose nursery group

News

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

| Nursery World

Grandir UK, which owns Kiddi Caru, has acquired all three Maggie & Rose nurseries based in London.

Urgent call for increased early years funding as inflation pushes up nursery costs

News

Friday, August 19, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government must invest in the early years to help providers fight the cost-of-living crisis as inflation reaches 10 per cent, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has said.

Understanding staffing challenges – and finding solutions

Features

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

| Nursery World

New data compiled by specialist research company CACI provides insights into the demographics of nursery staff and suggests strategies when it comes to boosting recruitment and retention in the sector.

Hey! we need a new conversation about all things early years

Opinion

Friday, August 12, 2022

| Nursery World

James Hempsall explains why he has launched a new initiative to invite collaboration in the sector around the priorities for early years education, starting with an online conference in October.

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

News

Friday, August 12, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report looking at ways to reform childcare recommends staff: child ratios be relaxed further than the proposed 1:5 in 'good' and 'outstanding' nurseries and suggests childminder agencies take on a larger role within the sector.

Scottish childcare settings in nearly half of local authorities don't know their new funding rate

News

Thursday, August 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Nearly half of councils in Scotland have yet to make a decision on the hourly rates they will pay childcare providers from next week, reveals a FOI.

Latest on Welcome Nurseries: Group sells 26 settings as it goes into administration

News

Thursday, August 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Welcome Nurseries – the fourth largest nursery group in the UK – has gone through a pre-packaged administration sale of 26 of its settings, leaving the fate of the remaining nurseries and its staff unclear.

‘Future proofing’ your business – innovation and creating USPs

Knowledge Bank

Monday, August 8, 2022

| Nursery World

SPONSORED CONTENT Differentiating your offering and staying ahead of the curve is ‘critical’ in today’s marketplace, discovers Nicole Weinstein as she talks to nursery businesses driving forward innovation

Welcome Nurseries sold in management buyout

News

Friday, August 5, 2022

| Nursery World

Welcome Nurseries, the UK’s fourth largest nursery group, has been sold in a management buyout to a private investor.

Childcare Counsel – dealing with long Covid

Features

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

What do nursery owners need to know about the legal implications of long Covid? Hannah Belton, director of Morgan La Roche, explains

Integration: part 3 – Strategies to get parents on board after a nursery take-over

Features

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

Three nursery groups explain how they reassure parents after acquiring their child’s setting, by Charlotte Goddard

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries fight for ‘no win, no fee’ court action on Covid losses

News

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

A law firm is expecting to represent 100 nurseries whose policies did not pay out for business losses due to Covid-19. By Catherine Gaunt

Management Queries – What to do if staff are reluctant to go outdoors

Features

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

Nursery leaders suggest a variety of tried and tested ways to support staff to enjoy being outside with the children, by Gabriella Jozwiak.

Cyber crime – Gone phishing

Features

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

It may surprise some, but even childcare companies can be prey to online criminals. Annette Rawstrone reports

Market view – a buoyant outlook

Features

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

Arun Kanwar, partner at Cairneagle Partners, reports on the latest trends in nursery acquisitions

Working with parents – Into a new routine

Features

Monday, August 1, 2022

| Nursery World

The pandemic has heightened parents’ anxieties and caused disruption to children’s routines. Katy Morton finds out how settings are helping families to deal with change

Early education in Sweden – No comparison

Features

Monday, August 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Should the former childcare minister have gone on a fact-finding mission to Sweden in his quest to lower childcare costs? No, for several reasons, says Professor Peter Moss

Growing nursery groups add more sites

News

Monday, August 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Thrive Childcare and Education has bought two more settings, while Children 1st has opened its flagship nursery, and Future Einsteins has acquired its third site.

Happy Days nursery group secures multi-million pound investment to expand

News

Friday, July 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Happy Days nursery group, which operates 18 settings, has secured funding from private equity firm Zetland Capital to grow to more than double its size.

Day nursery market reaches record highs, with rise in owners wanting to sell up by 51 per cent

News

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

| Nursery World

The day nursery market in the UK experienced an ‘unprecedented’ level of deals and owners choosing to put their business up for sale during the first six months of this year, according to Christie & Co.