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| Company type | Limited Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Childcare |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Ben Black, CEO,Oliver Black, CEO and Amanda Coxen, CEO |
| Owner | Ben Black, Oliver Black and Amanda Coxen |
| Website | Tinies.com |
Tinies Childcare is a childcare company in the United Kingdom.[1] It was acquired by brothers Ben and Oliver Black in March 2000.[2] In August of that year they were joined by Amanda Coxen.[3] Founded in 1975, by Janet Trethewy Tinies was a nanny agency with 5 branches around the country. Today Tinies is a childcare recruitment company with over 30 childcare & nanny agencies in the UK.[4]
Tinies specialises in the recruitment of nannies and nursery staff, and the provision of fixed and mobile crèches.[5]
In 2007 Tinies secured its first government Sure Start contract.[6] Tinies now manages the holiday playschemes for over 32 government departments.
On behalf of fitness chains and corporate companies Tinies manages a chain of 25+ fixed creches & junior/kids club programmes. Tinies also run the overseas recruitment schemes for the leading UK holiday company Thomson Holidays.
Ben Black went on to found a web-based emergency childcare service,[7] which went on to become the award-winning family friendly employee benefits company My Family Care[8] (who also own Nannyshare.co.uk).
References[edit]
- ^ Tinies Childcare - "Largest childcare recruitment agency in the UK"
- ^ "Brothers in nanny business"
- ^ "Supper Nanny Expert".
- ^ All Tinies Branches Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Grannies should become nannies to meet rising demand". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ "Tinies Wins Its First Government Contract" Archived 2009-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Emergency Childcare"
- ^ "The Tinies & My Family Care Story" Archived 2010-03-25 at the Wayback Machine