Busy Bees rebrands as Computershare Voucher Services and launches new website

Computershare Voucher Services - formerly Busy Bees - has formally launched its new look brand and website

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The Tories will retain the tax breaks on childcare vouchers

A Conservative government will not reduce tax efficiencies on childcare vouchers, shadow families minister Maria Miller (pictured) has suggested.

Prime Minister's proposed phasing out of tax relief on childcare vouchers gets hostile reception

Industry leaders have expressed anger at Gordon Brown's announcement yesterday that hinted tax efficient childcare vouchers could be scrapped.

Emergency childcare and eldercare as an employee benefit is on the increase

A quarter of blue-chip employers plan to offer back-up care such as emergency childcare or eldercare by 2010.

Childcare code of practice to be agreed to ensure consistent, high standards of service

The UK's leading childcare providers are to agree a code of practice that will provide voluntary standards for best practice in the childcare industry.

Childcare funding - Parents' little helper

As childcare vouchers celebrate their 20th birthday, David Woods finds out what HR professionals and industry experts think of the perk and how it will develop in the future.

Changes to maternity and paternity leave could prove costly for Government and employers

Changes to increase maternity and paternity leave could prove costly to the Government, business and the economy, as well as reducing employees' chances of promotion say legal experts. The proposals...

Campaign launched to set industry standards for the provision of childcare vouchers

Childcare voucher providers have joined forces to campaign for minimum standards in childcare.

EXCLUSIVE: Recession causes employers to reconsider childcare provision

Two of the country's largest employers are considering pulling out of childcare voucher schemes in a bid to save the extra costs incurred following the extension of maternity entitlements last...

Single care voucher - Carers should be treated equally

Advocates of a tax-friendly, single voucher for employees to meet the cost of caring for children, the elderly or disabled are convinced the Government will accept it is inevitable.

Single care voucher could be raised in Parliamentary debate on best support for carers

Parliament will today debate the best ways to value and support carers and employers have urged an immediate re-examination in support of a single care voucher offering tax and national insurance...

In a recession flexible working benefits both businesses and working parents

Businesses need flexible working to help them beat the credit crunch, according to the Family and Parenting Institute.