At first glance, the fact that we have a female Prime Minister again suggests that the perceived glass ceiling that women face in the political and business worlds has been shattered. However, a report recently published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies showed that gender pay gaps are still a big problem. On an hourly…
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Building, Extending or Renovating your Nursery? Thinking of Project managing it yourself? Think again
Thinking of self-managing your Nursery building project? Think again More and more nursery clients are contacting us to discuss their business developments which are including extending 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…
Continue reading "Building, Extending or Renovating your Nursery? Thinking of Project managing it yourself? Think again"Are you talking to your insurance adviser? The importance of this simple task
Talking to your insurance adviser is not often a high priority when changes are taking place in a business. We would like to explain why this is important with the support of one of our clients, Jon Higgins from Shooting Stars Nurseries, who has a group of five settings. Jon’s business has changed considerably since he set up…
Continue reading "Are you talking to your insurance adviser? The importance of this simple task"The power of words – Run a nursery? Don't use a shredder!
Nurseries inevitably create a vast array of paperwork, while looking after the children in their care. So, completing the correct documentation is a necessary part of nursery life, both to comply with the sector’s regulatory bodies and as good business practice. However, it also plays a pivotal role in the defence of allegations of negligence….
Continue reading "The power of words – Run a nursery? Don't use a shredder!"Will UK employment law be simpler if we leave the EU?
With the upcoming referendum, where British voters will decide if the UK is to remain part of the EU or to leave the EU threw up a couple of questions for us here at dot2dot nursery insurance. We wanted to know how an EU exit by the UK might affect the Nursery Industry Will we…
Continue reading "Will UK employment law be simpler if we leave the EU?"What might Brexit mean for Health & Safety in the Nursery?
With the upcoming referendum, where British voters will decide if the UK is to remain part of the EU or to leave the EU threw up a couple of questions for us here at dot2dot nursery insurance. We wanted to know how an EU exit by the UK might affect the Nursery Industry. A British…
Continue reading "What might Brexit mean for Health & Safety in the Nursery?"You, your staff and the new offence, corporate manslaughter
In light of the recent tragic event in Harlow, Essex. How confident are you that you are fully covered for any Health and Safety incidents in your day nursery? Tragically a 7 year old was killed a few weeks ago when a bouncy castle blew away during an event. It was widely reported at the…
Continue reading "You, your staff and the new offence, corporate manslaughter"Gross misconduct meeting and bringing a friend
What would you do if you were inviting an employee to a gross misconduct meeting and they asked for a friend to come along to help? That’s exactly the situation a nursery manager found themselves in recently. The facts Claire was a cleaner employed by the nursery to carry out her work after the nursery…
Continue reading "Gross misconduct meeting and bringing a friend"Disciplinary action for breach of a nursery company policy
Nurseries expect their staff to adhere to their policies and procedures and may want to instigate disciplinary action, including dismissal, against any employee who they believe has breached them. But what happens when a nursery manager wants to dismiss an employee for breaching a policy or procedure, but there is no evidence that the employee…
Continue reading "Disciplinary action for breach of a nursery company policy"A Balloon from a Nottingham Nursery Lands in Brittany – Great achievement by one of our dot2dot customers
Little did the children from the Beeston setting of the Alphabet House Day Nursery group suspect that, when they let off their balloons in Beeston Square on 15th February, one of them would travel across the country, over the English Channel and land in Josselin, Brittany. It was the first day back at the Nottinghamshire-based…
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