A survey from the Scottish Childminding Association has found that childminders are facing increasing challenges to recover their businesses, following the pandemic.
The Scottish Childminding Association has found the rise to energy bills and the cost-of-living increasingly risks childminders' business recovery post-Covid.
More than 60 per cent of respondents said they would have to reduce the heating in their settings and may also have to switch off the heating in their family home outside working hours in order to keep their settings heated when children are attending.
The #TellSCMA Childminding & You survey aimed to understand the extent that childminding businesses have recovered from the pandemic, and their current financial pressures.
