In May, Nursery World reported that Barrow Borough Council in Cumbria was requiring private nurseries in the area to take our private hire licences for vehicles with eight or fewer seats to transport children. Staff were also required to hold private hire drivers licences.
The move would have cost the two nurseries affected, Happy Kids Day Nursery and Cheeky Monkeys Childcare, thousands of pounds a year.
However, the council has now made a u-turn, saying that childcare businesses do not fall into the private hire licensing regime.
It follows months of campaigning by the nurseries and Colin Rudd, a parent whose son attends Cheeky Monkeys Childcare.
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