Origen records increase in voucher use

Care Markets
Nearly a third of all companies now run a childcare voucher scheme for all staff, compared with only one fifth a year ago (NCMN...

Employer-supported childcare guidance

Care Markets
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published a new fact sheet for employers about the effects of employer-supported childcare on tax and national insurance...

HMRC exposes minimum wage excuses

Care Markets
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has revealed the ten worst reasons given by employers for not paying the national minimum wage.The childcare sector is...

Lib-Dems community provision plans

Care Markets
The Liberal Democrats would create a network of community-based childcare provision if it came to power.The party’s policy document for children’s services Stronger Families,...

Extended services benefiting children – Ofsted

Care Markets
Extended services provided in children’s centres and schools enhance self-confidence, improve relationships and raise aspirations and attitudes to learning, according to research conducted by...

Inspection cut planned for older children

Care Markets
Only one in ten of out-of-school childcare providers will be inspected each year from 2008, according to proposals set out by the Department for...

Latest Sure Start findings more positive

Care Markets
Sure Start local programmes (SSLPs) are improving the outcomes of families in low-income areas according to the latest instalment from the National Evaluation of...

Parental leave changes approved by Parliament

Care Markets
The Work and Families Act 2006, which paves the way for the government to extend paid maternity and paternity leave has, received Royal Assent.The...

Paternity leave too expensive for new fathers

Care Markets
Two thirds of new fathers are unable to take full paternity leave due to financial pressures, according to research carried out by ING Direct.A...

NDNA ends support kit programme

Care Markets
The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has announced that it will not be publishing the last three guidance notes from its children’s centre support...
1...1,2171,2181,219...1,663Page 1,218 of 1,663