We were delighted to attend the Nursery Management Today (NMT) Owners Club at Sopwell House, St Albans, one of the early years sector’s most respected events for nursery owners, directors and senior leaders. It was a day packed with honest, relevant conversation. The topics covered, from safeguarding leadership and raising finance, to AI in the…
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Focus on safeguarding
In a recent article for Nursery Management Today, we described the pressures facing nurseries as a perfect storm. Since writing that piece, the conversations we have had with nursery owners and senior leaders have only reinforced that view and nowhere more so than on the subject of safeguarding. It is the area where external scrutiny is sharpest,…
Continue reading "Focus on safeguarding"Managing the Insurance Claims Process: What Every Nursery Should Know
A practical guide from dot2dot nursery insurance When something unexpected happens at your nursery, the last thing you want is to be unsure about what to do next. Whether it’s an accident involving a child, property damage, a safeguarding concern or a road incident involving a nursery vehicle, knowing how to manage the claims process…
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Nursery Insurance for Your Needs Running a nursery is hugely rewarding, but it comes with lots of responsibilities. Keeping children safe, supporting your staff and looking after your premises, equipment and data can feel like a full-time job. Then you have lots of different insurance policies on top of that? It can quickly become overwhelming….
Continue reading "One Policy, One Partner"Understanding SEND in Early Years
A meeting with an owner of a small nursery group 15 months ago, raised serious concerns regarding the challenges Early Years settings face. This client advised she had 38 children at one of her nurseries and 19 children had complex additional needs. This was already a major issue to the operation of the nursery and…
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As you may be aware, after some delays due to the pandemic, the Whiplash Reform Act came into force at the end of May. As part of the Civil Liability Act 2018, the reform focuses on reducing fraudulent whiplash claims. According to Aviva, 80% of UK road traffic accident claims include a claim for whiplash,…
Continue reading "Whiplash Reform"Could your business survive the loss of a key individual?
I am sure you have taken appropriate steps to protect your nursery business from risks such as fire, theft, accidents and claims under employment law, but have you considered the risk to your business of the loss of a key individual. It is often the case that certain individuals within a business are crucial to…
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Do you do your due diligence? You wouldn’t buy a house without undertaking a survey and doing some background checks and due diligence. So why would you take a different approach when expanding your nursery? In today’s fast-moving market, where acquisitions and new settings are a daily occurrence, we are seeing that in their haste,…
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As you know earlier this year we were part of an ITN Productions programme ‘De-Risking The Future’. The feature was premiered at the BIBA conference in May. While ITN were here filming us we were also filming them and with the help of Mike from Reach Out Studios, we have produced a behind the scenes view of…
Continue reading "Behind the Scenes at dot2dot"Is your visitors’ book GDPR Compliant?
One thing you may have overlooked in the build-up toward GDPR is your visitors’ book. The visitor book most likely sits in your reception day-in-day-out and is full of easily accessible personal information. Anyone coming into your business can take a quick peek at who’s been there before them. With a traditional visitors’ book,…
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