by Angela Gamble | Feb 24, 2026 | Business resources, Resources
Are you considering changing your childminding business structure from sole trader to limited company? There are many factors that need to be thought about, such as your personal circumstances, the size of your business, your attitude to risk and your growth...
by Angela Gamble | Oct 21, 2025 | Business resources, Child development, Resources
As childcare professionals, we have all experienced situations where children have displayed behaviour that challenges us whether that is biting, snatching toys and lashing out at others, disrupting others play or having a meltdown. Whether the child has been at your...
by Angela Gamble | Jul 31, 2025 | Business resources, Resources
Employed v self-employed nannies: Understanding roles, rules, and remuneration For families and childcare professionals in the UK, the distinction between employed and self-employed nannies is crucial, and impacts on everything from tax, employment rights, and...
by Angela Gamble | Jul 31, 2025 | Business resources, Resources
The Government’s Making Tax Digital roadmap aims to transform tax administration to make it more efficient, effective and easier for taxpayers. Under the plans, taxpayers will be required to keep digital records and provide quarterly updates on their income and...
by Angela Gamble | Mar 10, 2025 | Business resources, Resources, Safeguarding
The suitability of staff in early years settings is incredibly important and recruitment procedures are a way of ensuring that providers employ people suitable for the job. The safeguarding reforms, coming into effect from September 2025, will strengthen the existing...
by Rose Porter | Feb 10, 2025 | Business resources, Regulations and legislations, Resources
The information on this page sets out the flexibilities for childminders in England that came into force on 1 November 2024. These include the introduction of a new category of childminder (known as childminder without domestic premises) and an increase to the number...
