Three quarters of childcare providers charge for additional services
74% of settings charge parents for additional services
Nadhim Zahawi corrects comments on business rates
Hansard record updated to clarity comments about business rate discounts for childcare providers
Department for International Trade highlights early years opportunities
Global increase in demand for early education
Are you up-to-date? Changes to minimum wage and pension contributions
How will increased minimum wages and increased pensions contributions affect your nursery or early years setting? As confirmed in last year’s Budget, the minimum wages are set to increase again this April, alongside an increase in the minimum employer pension contributions. But is your childcare business ready for the change?
Spring Statement fails to address early years funding concerns
Chancellor does not address early years funding concerns in statement
More than 1,000 providers respond to survey on minimum wage increase
Alliance petition gathers opinions on rising minimum wages
Government research reveals rising cost of providing childcare
Frontier Economics report suggests that costs have increased since 2015
A third of local authorities say 30-hours has impacted sustainability
Survey reveals local authority concerns about 30-hours offer
Maintained nurseries get £24 million funding boost
Money will replace supplementary funding due to end in 2020
Schools invited to join baseline pilot scheme
Schools are invited to sign up for pilot scheme of reception class tests
Report calls for early years “revolution”
Health and Social Care Committee calls for better children’s services
Self-employed childcare providers risk losing Universal Credit payments
Alliance warns of risk to self-employed or sole-trader providers receiving Universal Credit