Sources of information
Organisations with business planning tools which providers can access for support.
GOV.UK
- Business and Self Employed
Information on starting and growing a business and guidance on registering under different types of legal status such as sole trader, partnership, limited company and social enterprise. Find out more about the types of legal status – advantages, disadvantages and points to note. - HMRC YouTube Information on business structures and registering for self assessment.
- Employing people Including information on pay, contracts, hiring and redundancies.
- Supporting early years providers to run sustainable businesses
Advice, examples and resources to help early years providers run a sustainable childcare business. - Guidance - Business insights from successful early years providers
Childcare works
DfE's national support partner for the early years expansion and wraparound programmes
- HUB for providers - learning site with a bank of resources for early years and wraparound childcare.
- Provider business planning support (childcareworks.org.uk) - information and resources, including a series of short videos, covering various aspects of business planning.
NDNA: Online training courses
Providers can access a range of free online early years and childcare training courses which include courses related to business planning.
PACEY: Business Smart
An online collection of ideas, inspiration and tools to help new and existing childcare practitioners to develop and maintain a sustainable business.
It was originally developed for childminders but has grown to support everyone working in childcare.
Early Years Alliance
Information, links, resources and toolkits on
• Starting a childcare business
• Business and management
ACAS
Free impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice for employees and employers. Website: www.acas.org.uk