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Happy New Year to you all, we hope you had a fun filled Christmas and New Year....! If you are thinking of new ideas to fill 2018, we thought that now would be a great time to share some fun and useful website and apps that we like to use when organising days out. A...

It's fair to say that the immense hard work and effort of nannies for their employers is not always as recognised as it might be, not because of lack of appreciation, but sometimes just because the times when parents see nannies at the start and end of the day can be...

 Hi Nannies and Families, this is my first blog and I’m happy to say I’m focusing on Christmas art and craft ideas. I love doing art and crafts with my two little ones whenever I get the chance to do so. I’m going to share a few of my favourite ideas with you. Anyone...

Well, folks, like it or not, the decorations are already up in the shops and mince pies have been available for months.  If I'm honest, since having children, I have begun to spend quite a lot of the year worrying about this time of year, and I am sure I am not the...

We often are asked by our clients about the regulatory requirements for nannies to work, and in particular, whether, and how, nannies should become OFSTED registered.  In this post, we explain what the regulatory requirements are around being a nanny, what it means...

Hi Nannies and Families - well September has arrived and most people will be back into the swing of the return (or, in some cases, beginning) of the school routine for another year.  We hope you all had a wonderful summer, that the break from the usual routine was a...