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The private nursery sector is facing uncertain times at the moment, in large part due to increasing competition from Government-funded childcare schemes and the Government's continuing lack of clarity about how they expect private providers to participate in the massive rollout of extended schools and children's centres. Adding to private providers' concerns has been the negative publicity stemming from the BBC1 doccumentary Nurseries Undercover. Against this background, we look at how nurseries can smarten up their marketing techniques to keep ahead of the competition (see page 18), and if profits are under pressure, we show you how to check that you're getting the best deal on offer from your bank (see page 21).

Against this background, we look at how nurseries can smarten up their marketing techniques to keep ahead of the competition (see page 18), and if profits are under pressure, we show you how to check that you're getting the best deal on offer from your bank (see page 21).

There are two major changes that nurseries will need to heed this autumn: an extension in access rights under the Disability Discrimination Act (see page 9) and further rises in the National Minimum Wage. For an insight in to sector pay and how the NMW is affecting salaries, see our pay survey in this week's issue of Nursery World.

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