Companies say íyesí to childcare plus

With over 100,000 employees already benefiting from the combination of attractive family discounts and low cost childcare, pandmmís recently launched Childcare Plus scheme is proving to be an instant success.

A range of distinguished companies across both the private and public sectors have signed up to Childcare Plus, including Nottingham City Council, UCAS, Trust Housing, Transport for London and Suffolk County Council, and the response so far has been extremely positive explains Richard Davies, Head of Employee Benefits at pandmm, the leading performance improvement company.

pandmmís Childcare Plus scheme has been specially developed to offer working mothers and fathers significant tax and NI savings that will help cover the expensive costs of looking after children from discounted childcare to fun days out for all the family.

The package of additional benefits, on top of the first class childcare voucher scheme, offers parents discounts of up to 28 per cent off or 2 for 1 entry at over 300 theme parks, zoos and tourist attractions around the UK. Participating venues include Legoland, The Sea Life Centre, Alton Towers, London Zoo and Chessington World of Adventures plus many local and Regional attractions.

Helen Humphries, HR Consultant at Nottingham City Council said: Among the diverse range of special offers and discounts that pandmm compiled as the multi award-winning íWork Perksí programme for us, the Childcare Plus scheme already stands out as one of the most valued benefits that we offer to all of our staff. It combines savings on childcare together with leisurely benefits that allow our staff to enjoy days out with their families in their spare time.

We have had a child care scheme since they were introduced and are delighted with the fantastic response to Childcare Plus. We are very proud to be one of the first public sector organisations to take up the PandMM child care voucher scheme as this will aid us in becoming an employer of choice in the Nottingham area.

Richard Davies continued: Anyone who has had to foot the bill for childcare will know that it can be extremely expensive. Equally, the high cost of a family day out means that all too often they are abandoned. We identified this as a key area that could be included in an employee benefits programme and have worked very hard to deliver a differentiated product that can offer greater value to parents.

The diverse range of clients that have decided to introduce the Childcare Plus scheme provides a fantastic example of the diversity of organisations that can improve staff loyalty, motivation and performance with schemes such as this and is testimony that employers are delighted with our attractive proposition.