The link-up between the Paramount Group, which has 16 hotels in the UK, and Safehands Network follows their joint initiative in 2002 to provide a babysitting service for hotel guests. Safehands would provide the carers who would adapt a room and bring in toys and craft materials to keep the children entertained for several hours.
Gary Farrer, managing director of Safehands Network, said, 'The creches will be run on an ad hoc basis initially. Under the Ofsted regulations you can run a creche for up to five times a year before it becomes a regulated care provision and you have to have a designated room.
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