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Do YOU know the hidden hazards putting your child at risk? Experts reveal unexpected dangers every parent must be aware of – from burst balloons to headbands and fridge magnets. Read more here: MailOnline

Tigers Childcare, the Ieading childcare operator in Ireland, with over 13 much loved chilcare centres there, has just opened it’s first of 9 planned launches in the UK, and despite lockdown is already signing up new tiger cubs, along with a big recruitment drive for nursery staff, with its revolutionary take on childcare. Read more:[…]

Tigers Childcare, Ireland’s leading childcare operator with 13 centres in and around the capital, has just opened it’s first of nine planned launches in the UK. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, Tigers is already signing up new tiger cubs, boosted by a big recruitment drive for nursery staff, with its revolutionary take on[…]

“It was awful having to close our doors, especially so soon after we had just opened” recalls Karen Clince, CEO and founder of Tigers Childcare “but everyone was in the same boat and we just had to deal with it.” Read the full article here: elephantandcastle.org.uk

As of March 20th schools and childcare facilities in the UK have been closed due to the government-mandated closure which is aiming to prevent the spread of Covid-19. This has no doubt had significant consequences for parents and families as a whole. As many companies have been forced to close or send their employees home[…]

Are you a saver or a spender?As a child I was an avid saver because things were tight then and my mother, who was raising us on her own, instilled into us the value of saving to buy the things we wanted. However, I lost that talent somewhat along the way and am now more[…]

Coverage of the London opening: Independent.ie  RTE.ie Thinkbusiness.ie Extra.ie Irish Times Nurseryworld Day Nurseries

Irish company, Tigers Childcare, has opened its first childcare centre in south London following a €2 million investment. The new 7,000 square foot facility in Elephant and Castle will cater for over 120 children and provide a combination of state-funded and private places for children aged four months to twelve years. Tigers Childcare worked with[…]

€5 million funding announcement articles: Irishtimes.com Extra.ie Rte.ie Bizplus.ie Thinkbusiness.ie Womenmeanbusiness.com

Tigers Childcare has secured a €5 million capital injection from DunPort Capital Management to help fuel its expansion in Ireland and the UK. With 13 centres in Dublin and Meath, Tigers Childcare is one of the largest childcare providers in Ireland, catering for 1250 children and employing162 staff. Next month it will open its first[…]

Irish childcare provider Tigers Childcare, has appointed Cormac Tobin as its chairman. A seasoned businessman Tobin was managing director of Celesio UK for five years before stepping down in November 2017. Whilst there he oversaw a unique set of healthcare brands, from leading wholesaler AAH Pharmaceuticals to community pharmacy chain LloydsPharmacy. Prior to joining Celesio,[…]

Who’s going to foot the bill? That’s the issue around which battle lines are being drawn as regulations come in for the first time for care of children outside school hours… Read the full article: Irishtimes.com

As CEO and owner of a childcare company that caters for over 1,200 children, Karen Clince is a very driven and accomplished businesswoman, who attributes part of her success to coming from a line of strong women. Chief among these is her mum, Mary Fitzpatrick, who effectively raised her three children as a single mum[…]

How did you establish Tigers Childcare? I initially set up an after-school company in 2002. In Ireland at that time there wasn’t really anything catering for older children after school, so I saw a gap in the market. It wasn’t until 2015 that I really got involved in standalone early years centres in purpose-built nurseries.[…]

Tigers in the News!

Read the full articles: Irishtimes.com Independent.ie

Ambitious plans for UK market as Tigers Childcare sets out to offer Londoners a unique childcare service Tigers Childcare will open its first childcare centre in central London later this year as it sets its sights on the UK. The Irish childcare provider has secured the contract to operate a new 7,000 square foot childcare[…]

August 8th 2017 Tigers Childcare is expanding further across Dublin with the acquisition of three childcare services from a large multinational chain. The deal will bring another 400 children under Tigers Childcare’s services and more than double staff numbers from 54 to 112. The centres are located in Balgriffin, Blanchardstown and Leopardstown and will add[…]