- Posts Tagged ‘childcare’

Today's blog is slightly different to the previous ones in this series.  Lynne from 'Look After Me' did not turn her hobby into cash when she became a parent, but turned her parenting skills themselves into an income stream.             1) What is your hobby? It's not really applicable to my business, but traveling is my hobby/passion 2) Was this a hobby you started ...

There was no way I could not blog about the proposed childcare changes which were all over the news yesterday.  The government is announcing that nurseries and childminders in England are to be allowed to look after more children per adult to help cut costs. The costs of childcare are extortionate for parents and something needs to be done but, 'quality' ...

On the women’s show at the radio station where I work today I heard a really interesting debate.  It was sparked from a small article in today’s Metro (free commuter newspaper) on 24 hour childcare.  According to the article parents could soon drop-off their children at 24-hour crèches because of increasingly antisocial work hours.  Apparently, the idea follows the growing ...

When the big news story this week was about parents being priced out of childcare by soaring fees - I knew I had to blog about it. Figures published by the Daycare Trust show families with a child under two are being charged more than £100 for part-time care every week. The total rises to almost £130 in London and the ...