The nine-month 'Business Success for Childcare' programme, which began last week, will involve 790 workshops at more than 100 venues aimed at childminders, managers and staff of larger childcare services and local business support officers.
The programme is being delivered by A4e, a provider of training, employment and business solutions, and follows research suggesting that up to 40 per cent of the country's 100,000 providers of childcare would welcome guidance on how to run a sustainable business.
Mark Lovell, A4e's chief executive, said, 'The childcare sector not only has to deliver very important and demanding services in caring for our children, but they are also required to operate in a complex business environment.'
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