Owners Janthea and Steve Bridgen, with the help of their local MP John Bercow, successfully lobbied the Government and the DfES for a more flexible approach to registration and inspection criteria to take into account the nature of mobile childcare services.
They claimed that the inspection criteria introduced by Ofsted when it took over early years inspections in 2000 were unworkable and inappropriate for temporary childcare operations, and could have put them out of business.
Nipperbout, a Milton Keynes- based company that runs creches at major conferences and national events including the Labour Party conference and the Ideal Home Show, was set up by the couple 15 years ago.
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