Business support for early years and childcare providers

Advice to support the startup of your business or its growing needs.

Open each section below for advice to support the startup of your business or its growing needs. The related links at the bottom of the page link to other useful information for business support and help to understand what childcare families are entitled to.

Understanding your business

Each link below explains common business terms:

Business planning

Business planning is essential to any business. Having a business plan in place can be used to manage your business effectively.

Like all plans it should be reviewed regularly to ensure your business remains sustainable and growing as planned. The monitoring of the plan will help you to identify quickly what and if any action may be needed.

The plan should include:

overview of the business
business aims and objectives
premises and location
financial planning
market research
equal opportunities
SWOT and PEST analysis
risk analysis
marketing plan
services
staffing

Business plan support:

SWOT and PEST analysis support:

Other support:

Finances matters

Finance matters support:

Closing a business

If you are considering closing your business, there will be a process to ensure that your business is closed appropriately according to your legal structure.

If you are looking to merge or transfer your business to another provider or school, then there are certain tasks that you must complete before selling or transferring your business.

Some key considerations include: