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Childcare not paid leave key to maternal employment
Good quality, affordable childcare and the ability to work flexibly should have priority over extending paid maternity leave, as proposed in the government’s ten-year...
Daycare settings provide best childcare – Ofsted
Good provision is most often found in settings providing full and sessional daycare and least often in out-of-school care, according to Ofsted’s annual report.In...
Co-operatives to capitalise on affordable childcare plans?
Co-operative businesses could profit from government pressure on the nursery market to provide affordable childcare places, which could potentially discourage new private sector entrants,...
Launch of Avery Healthcare
Private equity group Graphite Capital has re-entered the healthcare sector after selling its share in Ridgmont Care Homes last March (CCMN April 2005) by...
Caretech floats on AIM
Caretech Holdings Ltd, the provider of care and services for people with a learning disability, became the first care provider to float on the...
Female ministers planning a women’s manifesto
A ‘woman’s manifesto’ has been drawn up by female members of the Parliamentary Labour party to ensure that issues such as childcare are central...
Growth at Claimar domiciliary care
Birmingham-based domiciliary care provider Claimar Care Limited has acquired Abbeydale Care Ltd and the domiciliary care division of Ribble Valley Care Ltd (which traded...
Morris points to an integrated qualifications framework
Estelle Morris, chair of the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) has said that the children’s workforce should have an integrated qualification framework rather than...
Growth at Mimosa
Mimosa Healthcare, the care home operator founded by Anthony Massouras, has made its first acquisitions since securing a £15m funding injection via investment from...
Early years’ sector skills council launched
Skills for Care and Development, the sector skills council for children’s services and social care, was officially launched this month.The council is to be...
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