Putting the BUSINESS into your childcare
Business Support for Childcare
As a childcare provider your primary concern is probably the care of the children at your setting. However you are running a business and this can be daunting due to legal regulations and requirements, financial needs and reporting, etc. To help you, Walsall Early Years offers FREE help and advice on making your business a success.
Business Support Manager, Jeanette Perry offers business advice, guidance and support on all aspects of your childcare business including finance and employment legislation. She can visit your setting and work with you to help make sure that you know what you’re doing. She has a selection of fact sheets and templates that you can use to help develop and support your childcare business.
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You can contact Jeanette on:
Direct line: 01922 686524
Mobile: 07718 193362
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Business Support Fact Sheets
Whether you are a group setting or a childminder, we have various fact sheets and templates relating to all aspects of your setting that are FREE to download!
Twice a year we produce a Mind Your Business factsheet that tells you all about any upcoming changes to legislation, working practices, etc. The 2 most recent ones can be downloaded below:
Recruitment
Staffing
Finance
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Electronic Analysed Cashbooks are also available.
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Please see the Resources section.
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Unit Costs
Are you sure that the amount you charge your parents is right?
We have FREE Unit Costs templates for both childminders and group settings. These templates help you work out what it actually costs for you to run your business...and is you should be charging more. Why not download them, work through and give Jeanette a call to discuss the results?
Business Health Check
Jeanette also offers FREE Business Health Check tools. These self assessment tools cover all aspects of your business and helps you see where you are doing well and where you may need to improve your business to make sure it is succeeds.
She can also offer a full Business Health Check. To find out more about what is on offer download our How Healthy Is Your Business? factsheet below.
Please download and complete a Business Health Check and Key Performance Indicator from the Resources section and email it Jeanette.
Resources
We also have lots of resources that we think are useful and can help you to successfully run your business that are now available for you to download
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Business Qualification Success
Over the past couple of years we have helped settings in Walsall gain some crucial business qualifications. To find out more click here. If you are interested in doing a qualification yourself, contact Jeanette.
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Walsall Works is a multi-million financial investment by Walsall Council. Employers will be offered an incentive payment of upto £3000 to recruit a young person aged 16 - 24 years old, as an apprentice. To find out more click on the Walsall Works logo.
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*New* Help with Tax and National Insurance
As a childcare business you need to make sure that your Tax and National Insurance is right. Further help can be found below.
There's more help from HMRC below:
