Accounting and Bookkeeping Service for Startups

Keeping accurate records not only helps you understand your current financial position but also prepares you for tax season and potential audits. As FreshBooks advises in their guide to startup accounting, detailed records of all income and expenses are essential. Hold onto those receipts, bank statements, and invoices—they’re your backup for every transaction. Bench Accounting… Continue reading Accounting and Bookkeeping Service for Startups

World Kindness Day 2020

Today we’d like to focus on how we can be kind to ourselves, and how we can be kind to our colleagues and friends working in the childcare industry.

Legally Speaking – Nannies

Starting a new job as a nanny will be hugely exciting, giving you the opportunity to nurture a future generation and get to know a new family.  However, before you start you need to make sure you are covered as an employee.

SIX ways to help a child adjust to the clocks going back this Sunday!

What we do know is that the time change can have a more significant impact on children who are not well-rested, resulting in crankiness, night waking, short naps and early morning waking.

Become an Emergency Nanny – its like being Mary Poppins for the day, every day!

“Imagine waking up each day to a different job, a new child to get to know, a new location to explore – a new family to help with their childcare needs. It’s kind of like being Mary Poppins for the day, every day – or at least that’s how our team members here at British Nannies explain how they feel about their job as an Emergency Nanny!” British Nannies, 2017 

5 Benefits of Baby Massage for Baby & Parent

“Touching is the first communication a baby receives,” says Frederick Leboyer, author of Loving Hands. “The first language of its development is through the skin.”

5 Ways to Make Your Home Baby-proof

It is important for us to be aware of the potential dangers around our own home and to remove them as far as we possible can – tabletops and cupboards are no longer beyond reach for the little explorers!

Potty training tips for nannies

Potty training is a key transition that many parents and nannies we work with find difficult. We were lucky to catch up with Judith Hough and Diane Titterton , the authors of ‘How to Potty Train’ to find our more about their national ‘Dry like me campaign’. Here are a few of their favourite tips that may come in handy!

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Week 6th-12th July

Numerous studies show that the basis of good health in later years is laid down in child´s formative years. Essentially, healthy children make healthy adults.

Free activities for children this weekend

We have listed our top free activities for children and young people in London.