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The Early Years & Childcare Blog

Expert insights, practical tips, creative activities, ideas and inspiration to enhance your early years practice—explore it all on the Cheqdin Blog.

Rules based invoicing for after school clubs and early years
cheqdin
October 28, 2019

But, What does Rules-Based Invoicing Really Mean?

We have been talking quite a lot about our rules-based Invoicing lately because we are, well, just so proud of how it’s all shaped up. When we first built our inv...
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Early years providers doing more paperwork than required
cheqdin
October 24, 2019

Early Years Providers Producing More Paperwork than Necessary

The vast majority of early years providers in the UK are producing more paperwork than required, according to a recent survey. The study carried out by Early Years ...
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In the Moment Planning or child initiated play
cheqdin
October 21, 2019

A Quick Guide to In the Moment Planning

The structure that comes with clearly planned out lessons and activity is comforting to many. But, chaotic as it might sound, 'In the moment planning’ (ITMP) come...
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History of Direct Debit
cheqdin
October 17, 2019

Direct Debit Through The Ages

Rapid advancement in technology and the revolution brought about smartphones has had a significant effect on how businesses collect their payments. Direct debit sol...
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cheqdin
October 14, 2019

Common Errors in Childcare Invoicing and How to Avoid Them

Handling your invoicing correctly is a key step to ensure your business has a healthy cash-flow and a plump bottom-line. Get the process wrong and you could be on t...
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Is Cheqdin's Direct Debit Right For You
cheqdin
October 10, 2019

Is Cheqdin’s Direct Debit Right For You?

Cheqdin’s direct debit lets you automate your payment collection and improve your cash flow. Now, is it the right choice for your childcare business? Here are a ...
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Pre-school branding strategy
cheqdin
October 07, 2019

How to Create a Successful Pre-School Branding Strategy?

If you pull it apart, your brand is a set of expectations, memories, stories and relationships that makes a customer want to choose you over another. Quite simply, it let...
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Childcare Accounting Software
cheqdin
October 03, 2019

What Can a Childcare Accounting Software Do for Your Business?

A few spreadsheets and colour-coded folders are about all you need to keep track of your financial data when you start off as a small childcare centre. But as your ...
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Paper Vs Paperless Direct Debit
cheqdin
September 30, 2019

Is Paperless Direct Debit Worth the Switch?

To give you a quick low-down, paper-based direct debit is the direct debit system where payment authorisation is taken from your customers using paper mandates (dir...
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SCA
cheqdin
September 26, 2019

Cheqdin Childcare Digest: September 2019

After all the hullabaloo to get online businesses PSD2 compliant by the 14th of September, the SCA storm has finally calmed in the UK. Along with many other UK and ...
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