Pushing to extend childcare vouchers to the self-employed has been on our agenda for several years now and support for the idea is really gaining traction. CVS – together with the other leading providers Edenred, Sodexo and Grass Roots – has been working for several months to put together a model that is workable, easy [...]

Following the well-publicised Astra Zeneca case that went through the European Court of Justice in July 2010, HMRC issued guidance on how VAT should be applied to salary sacrifice schemes. We covered the ruling and HMRC’s initial guidance in our blog post ‘ECJ Ruling does not apply to childcare vouchers’ on 11 August 2010. HMRC [...]

Last month, six members of staff set off for Mt. Snowdon in their bid to raise £750 for our charitable partner, The Honeypot Children’s Charity. Michelle Lloyd tells us how they got on. Our alarms were set for 5:00am on the Saturday morning so we were ready to leave Lichfield at 6:00am and start the [...]

There has been a lot of chat recently about academies and ‘free schools’ and whether a school’s transition to the status will affect childcare voucher provision. There’s no reason childcare voucher provision should stop, but it will mean a slight change for the school. Academies and ‘free schools’ are essentially the same, and simply put, [...]

I was thrilled to attend and speak at the Top Employers for Working Families Benchmarking and Awards last week. The awards are a fantastic way to celebrate companies who strive to go the extra mile in providing positive working environments, supporting a true work/life balance and championing family-friendly work practices. The companies who attended the [...]