Before you can buy a Child Care Centre business, you will need to have a Provider Approval.

Many people ask us about how much a childcare centre should make. Every centre is a bit different depending on rent levels, type of staffing, the amount spent on resources, etc.

An Approved Provider is the only one who has the authority to operate all preschool or long daycare services.

Indoor play spaces provide their own challenges for educators who have little time to reorganise rooms and furniture during a busy childcare day.

Creating appropriate outdoor play spaces for young children can be a challenge when establishing a new childcare centre, or when renovating an existing one.

When you purchase an existing centre, a range of specific notifications must be made to various departments to ensure legislative documentation requirements are met.

This is a relatively new position, created with the advent of the National Quality Framework (NQF).

The childcare world is a highly regulated one in many areas, including staffing.

It is important to be clear about what your vision is for your service to look and feel like as you design and develop the building.

This article examines some of the many tasks you need to undertake whilst the build is in process, so you have everything ready when needed.

This article looks at the importance of appropriate and compliant design.

The cost of childcare is one of the major expenses for a young family if both parents wish to be in the workforce. Of course, a single parent often has little choice but to use a childcare service.

This article details the steps to develop a ground-level childcare centre.

An Approved Provider must ensure that their childcare centre has a Quality Improvement Plan (QIP). This must be updated regularly to reflect the childcare centre’s service delivery.

If childcare centre ownership is an ambition you hold dear, you need to make a decision about your method of entering the market.

Like any business, a childcare business is all about the amount of profit you can reasonably expect to make from the business.

Some people choose to become childcare centre developers by sourcing an appropriate piece of land and building the centre with the aid of an architect, engineer, town planner, etc.

It is much easier to finance a childcare business and building than simply a business as the banks are nervous about a business only.

If you are not experienced in childcare and plan to borrow to finance your purchase, your bank will be more inclined to reduce the amount of money they are prepared to lend you.

The first step before you start hunting around for your childcare centre investment is to get a good understanding of how much you can borrow.