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 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...

The school summer holidays have now arrived, and I am sitting here once again wondering how another year has gone past in what feels like the blink of an eye.  It is certainly the case for me that a quote I heard a few years ago for the first time and many times...

Hot off the Press! Families/Nannies we are recruiting for the school summer holidays and September! On the subject of heat – while we welcome the sunshine in this country, most of us surely struggle with the heatwave which hit us a couple of weeks ago and looks set to...