Childcare Vouchers   The Facts Childcare vouchers are a form of ‘Employer Supported Childcare’, a voluntarily scheme which employers can provide for their employees to help towards the cost of childcare.The facts   The childcare provider must be registered or approved by Ofsted. This includes nannies, nurseries, child-minders and crèches. Nannies need to be Ofsted […]

Exposure: The truth about Britain’s secret slaves JULIE ETCHINGHAM ITV NEWS PRESENTER Exposure hears the stories of women who should be protected by British law, but live in fear.Photo: Exposure Watch Exposure: Britain’s Secret Slaves tonight on ITV at 10.40pm. The young woman sitting in front of us speaks softly. In English, heavy with a […]

  It is amazing how much childcare, domestic and care recruitment has changed over the past 10-20 years…   We were just talking the other day about what clients say when they first contact us and if I had £5.00 for every client who asked me “who do you have on your books” when they […]

As a wife and mother of two teenage children, I have had to constantly juggle family, work and social life. I often wish there were another 12 hours in the day. I often feel guilty when I forget to do something or call someone because I haven’t had the time.  I think that every mother […]

    4th July 2014   By Kalayaan – Producing Slaves: The tied Overseas Domestic Worker visa   In April 2012 a change in the immigration rules tied migrant domestic workers entering the UK to their employer. All available evidence preceding and since this change condemns the tying or bonding of this particularly vulnerable group […]

  What a waste of time, what was the point of me giving evidence for the Joint Committee on the Draft Modern Slavery Bill, when the Government won’t listen to the Committee’s recommendations? I am not suggesting the Government and The Home Office are genuinely indifferent to the plight of migrant domestic workers (MDW). It’s […]

Having just experienced a lovely Mother’s Day last weekend, where my two teenage sons took me out for dinner, I felt I had plenty to be grateful for. It is inevitable on Mother’s Day to stop and think of our own Mothers and after discussing this with my friends, we all noticed that as we […]

It has come to our attention that some of our clients are looking to employ a nanny called Mary Poppins. We would strongly recommend that if you come into contact with this nanny, Mary Poppins, or any of her contemporaries, you do not leave your children unattended in their company,  as we believe she is […]