Tinies
{{Short description |British childcare company }}
{{notability |Companies |date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Tinies
| logo = Tinies - A Whole World of Childcare (Logo 2013).png
| logo_size =
| type = Private company
| industry = Childcare
| location_city = London
| location_country = United Kingdom
| key_people = Ben Black (co-CEO), Oliver Black (co-CEO) and Amanda Coxen (co-CEO)
| parent = Bright Horizons
| homepage = {{URL |http://www.tinies.com/ }}
}}
Tinies Childcare is a British childcare company operating across the United Kingdom.Tinies Childcare - [https://franchise-directory.co.uk/franchise/tinies-childcare-franchise/ "Largest childcare recruitment agency in the UK"] Tinies focuses on childcare recruitment operating 30 childcare and nanny agencies in the UK.[http://www.1888pressrelease.com/tinies-childcare-8844-company-pr.html All Tinies Branches] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831111628/http://www.1888pressrelease.com/tinies-childcare-8844-company-pr.html |date=2009-08-31 }} It has been part of US based Bright Horizons since 2019.
Tinies specialises in the recruitment of nannies and nursery staff, and the provision of fixed and mobile crèches.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2976331/Grannies-should-become-nannies-to-meet-rising-demand-agency-claims.html |title= Grannies should become nannies to meet rising demand | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | date=2008-09-17 | accessdate=2010-05-25}} The company manages a chain of 25+ fixed creches and junior/kids club programmes on behalf of fitness chains and companies. Tinies also runs the overseas child care recruitment schemes for the UK holiday company Thomson Holidays.
History
The company was founded in 1975, by Janet Trethewy Tinies as a nanny agency with 5 branches.
It was acquired by brothers Ben and Oliver Black in March 2000.[https://archive.today/20120701152852/http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2002/3/28/128236.html "Brothers in nanny business"] In August of that year they were joined by Amanda Coxen.{{cite web |url=http://www.supernanny.co.uk/Advice/Author/Amanda-Coxen.aspx |title= Supper Nanny Expert}}
In 2007 Tinies secured its first government Sure Start contract.[http://www.1888pressrelease.com/tinies-wins-its-first-government-contract-pr-42ljld630.html "Tinies Wins Its First Government Contract"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816194312/http://www.1888pressrelease.com/tinies-wins-its-first-government-contract-pr-42ljld630.html |date=2009-08-16 }} Tinies went on to manage the holiday playschemes for over 32 government departments.
Ben Black went on to found a web-based emergency childcare service, which went on to become the award-winning family friendly employee benefits company My Family Care (who also own Nannyshare.co.uk).[http://www.emergencychildcare.co.uk "Emergency Childcare"][http://www.myfamilycare.co.uk/about-us/info/family-friendly-benefits-story.html "The Tinies & My Family Care Story"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325040834/http://www.myfamilycare.co.uk/about-us/info/family-friendly-benefits-story.html |date=2010-03-25 }}
In 2019, the company was acquired by US based childcare provider Bright Horizons.{{cite news |url=https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/bright-horizons-acquires-my-family-care/ |title=Bright Horizons acquires My Family Care |date=February 12, 2019 |publisher=Nursery World }} The sale did not include Tinies five nurseries and mobile crèches.