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Like us, we are sure you are looking at ways to celebrate and commemorate the Queen’s Jubilee next month. As you know the dot2dot nursery insurance policy has a wide business description, which allows you to undertake and attend different activities with the children in your care. Cover is included for: Days out to zoos,…
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In this month’s Nursery Management Today magazine our Associate Director, Jenny Hyde looks at the benefits to your nursery of having a Management Liability Policy and what is a management liability policy? In the past 24 months, you and your management team will have made many pressured decisions effecting your colleagues, customers, suppliers and other…
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A Management Liability policy is a comprehensive form of insurance that exists to cover alleged wrongdoing, directed at the company as a whole or its’ individual Owners, Directors or Managers. In the past 24 months, you and your management team will have made many pressured decisions effecting your colleagues, customers, suppliers and other stakeholders in…
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In the latest HR Blog from Stephensons the team consider the question “Can I dismiss a member of staff who refuses to be vaccinated against Covid-19?” From 11 November 2021, it became compulsory for those working or volunteering in a care home in England to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, unless exempt. Those who are…
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When do I need to notify Ofsted of a ‘significant event’? Under the Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012 (‘the Regulations’), Providers are required to notify Ofsted of certain significant events. A failure to do so, without reasonable excuse, is a criminal offence and if convicted, a Provider or registered person is liable…
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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,…
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Rain, Rain, Go Away: Nursery safety whatever the weather You work with children, so being prepared for just about anything is already part of your job. Here are some simple tips for safeguarding your premises and your people against the perils of this British weather – and keeping disruption to a minimum. 1. Mats and…
Continue reading "5 Top tips to protect your Nursery with the heavy summer rainstorms"Jackie Hyde advises ways that day nursery owners can check if their business has adequate cover against loss. It may surprise you to be told that a large percentage of day nurseries in this country aren’t adequately protected by their existing insurance arrangements. I have more than 10 years of experience of working with the day…
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As April is Stress Awareness Month, we spoke to our strategic partner myHappymind about mental health in the sector for both staff and children. Below is a message from My Happy Mind founder Laura, who has a special offer for dot2dot clients. If you haven’t heard of myHappymind before, they are a dot2dot partner who…
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Earlier this year we wrote an article for Nursery Management Today on the increasing threat poor cyber security poses to the nursery sector. If you missed it, you can catch up here. New Report from GCHQ on Early Years Cyber Security It appears we were not alone in our concerns. This week the National Cyber…
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