The winter months are always a concern for businesses particularly when roads and pathways become hazardous, in particular when you face snow and ice. We thought it would be helpful if we shared our experience of claims we have faced and the practical tips for protecting your nursery. Over a number of years, we have…
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The work’s Christmas staff party is a great opportunity to celebrate a year of success and gather colleagues together in a more relaxed environment… but as an employer, how do you keep everyone happy at the staff party, while making sure there are no embarrassments, regrets or even disciplinaries the next day? Here are our…
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The dot2dot team had a great time catching up with our strategic partners last week at the 1st annual dot2dot partner meet-up. We discussed the key challenges the sector and highlighted the threats and opportunities that 2018 will bring. We heard from each of our partners on what they do to support dot2dot clients, their 2017 success stories and…
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Stanmore Insurance Brokers has been named a finalist in the Broker of the Year award scheme organised by the Insurance Times. The Insurance Times Awards are one of the most coveted accolades within the insurance industry and Stanmore is absolutely delighted that their children’s day nursery scheme dot2dot has been recognised for its ongoing success….
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How it can protect you and those in your care with CCTV CCTV is now becoming much more than protecting your business in respect of theft. It is important for nurseries to consider the benefits in protecting the children in their care, their staff and safeguard their business. Placing cameras outside a property may seem…
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There multiple considerations to be aware of when it comes to the 30 hours free childcare scheme. One such consideration is managing lunch and snack times. Will you be allowing children to bring a packed lunch? How do you manage allergies? We have spoken to legal advisors and they suggest: Blanket bans for health and…
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More and more nursery clients are contacting us to discuss their business developments and project management. Projects often include extensions to their premises to accommodate more children, renovating properties into nurseries and in some cases building new nurseries. This is all very exciting for the clients and it is wonderful for us to observe our…
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As someone who used an alternate insurer for Dizzy Ducks for the last seven years, I always had faith that their policy would cover me if the worst happened. After meeting Jackie at the NMT Nursery Agenda, she asked if she could simply look at my policies. I couldn’t have been more shocked when she…
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I first switched the insurances of Daisy Chains to dot2dot as I felt my previous insurers took my renewals for granted. When I rang for a quote Jenny was both courteous and efficient in getting a comparable quotation to me. It was an added bonus that the premium quoted was also below that which I…
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As you are aware Alphabet House have recently renewed our insurance with our existing provider due to exceptionally tight timescales to change. In the course of trying to review our package, we contacted a number of providers who had been trying to “lure us” to them over the past year. From first conversations, only one…
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