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Welcome to the April EYO Newsletter.

Nurseries receive an increase of only 11p for delivery of Free Entitlement

Results from Laing and Buisson’s 2009 Children’s Nurseries UK Market Report and reported on the NDNA website, show that

nurseries have only received an average increase of 11 pence per hour for delivery of the Free Early Years Entitlement for 2009, despite the completion of the cost analysis process by local authorities. Look at the regional breakdown of funding per hour, as of January 2009. To read the full report please click here.

Busy Bees to spend £3m on improvements

Busy Bees, the countries largest provider of nursery vouchers has announced that it will invest £3m in improving technology for the services they offer to childcare providers, parents and employers. A new record keeping system is expected to live in the autumn, this will include improved online access for childcare providers and a customer call-centre service tailored towards answering providers' queries. (Source Nursery World)

Charged for a nursery place that never materialised.

Here’s an interesting article that appeared in the Guardian recently. Whilst we are not going to pass comment on the article it is interesting to see the length of notice period required by the company concerned. Does anyone else state they require 10 months written notice to end a childcare agreement? Read the full article here

Discounts available through Earlyyearsonline

This month we have once again been able to secure you the following discounts here at EYO.

Playart have created some brilliant weather resistant resources to enhance outdoor play. They are offering 10% discount to all EYO customers simply quote ‘earlyyearsonline’ when ordering.

Providers, who take out a weblink at £35.00 per year or a webpage for £45.00 per year with EYO, can also claim 3 months free advertising in our Recruitment section plus up to £100.00 discount with Leap our Training Sponsor.

For further information e mail: sales@earlyyearsonline.co.uk

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