However successful a nursery is, there inevitably comes a point when it is time to take a step back and look at ways to re-energise the business. For Laura Gentry, proprietor of the established Orchard Day Nurseries in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, the need to bring in fresh thinking became apparent when she recognised her nurseries were losing focus - particularly under the revised EYFS.
At the beginning of this year, a Google search led her to consultancy Daycare Doctor and the expertise of its founder Catriona Nason. Daycare Doctor offers a range of support services designed to get a nursery to where it wants to be - providing anything from advice on employment law to marketing on the internet.
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