| What are busy bees vouchers? | | | | of time. |
| Busy bees vouchers are now widespread across the | | | | If going for the busy bees childcare vouchers option |
| UK and are excellent as a way for employees with | | | | you need to way up your own personal |
| children at nurseries and other pre school activities to | | | | circumstances first as some people may be better |
| save tax of anything up to £100 a month. The | | | | claiming extra child care vouchers or working tax |
| money is deducted from your gross salary each | | | | credits. If in doubt you should really get independent |
| month by the employer which means you save PAYE | | | | advice with an organisation such as the Citizens |
| and Employees national insurance as well as your | | | | Advice Bureau as they should tell you which is the |
| employer saving on employers national insurance also. | | | | better option for you. |
| Recent busy bees developments | | | | Apparantly there are other providers out there who |
| However they have recently been taken over by a | | | | administer childcare vouchers but for some reason |
| company called Computershare and from my recent | | | | Busy Bees have been able to monopolise the market. |
| personal experience and from what I have heard from | | | | Importance of childcare |
| others that the recent takeover has meant there have | | | | Sending your children to nursery is a very important |
| been a fair few hiccups! Busy bees is busy bees no | | | | part of their "character building" and ability to interact |
| more when it come to child care. | | | | with other young children in their formative years. This |
| Keeping people holding on the phone for up to 30 | | | | is why these childcare vouchers and the people who |
| minutes before getting through to anyone is no way to | | | | are administering them need to be doing so in a |
| have good customer service. Indeed the busy bees | | | | reponsible manner. |
| trading name has been tarnished in such a short space | | | | |