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STV News · 23 June 2026
“Since childcare vouchers went away, employers have been removed from the equation when it comes to nursery care. This is an opportunity for them to get involved again — and really get mums back into the workforce.”
Anna Semple
CEO, Halo Workplace Nurseries
Halo WN tackles the childcare support cliff facing high-earning parents, who lose access to government childcare help once household income passes £100,000 — using the workplace nursery exemption to keep support in place.
Read the full article on UK News Group →By Jessica O'Connor
Halo WN has launched an AI-driven compliance platform, designed to help employers support staff childcare through an existing workplace nursery tax exemption. The platform aims to address longstanding barriers to uptake of the exemption by creating auditable records of employers' financing and governance involvement in childcare provision, reducing compliance risks that have discouraged participation.
Read the full article on Workplace Journal →Under current rules, once a household crosses the £100,000 adjusted-net-income threshold, it loses entitlement to both 30 hours of funded childcare and Tax-Free Childcare. For families with more than one child, this creates a sudden step-change in costs just as careers progress. Halo's platform enables employers to provide childcare support through an existing workplace nursery tax exemption (Section 318) that is not subject to £100,000 means-testing.
Read the full article on Family Friendly Working →Featured in the March/April 2026 print edition of Nursery Management Today, the trade title for the UK early-years sector.
Read the full article on Nursery Management Today →A nursery can be built very quickly in a speech; actual nurseries take longer. On the Ruskin College speech, funded hours, and the part employers can play now.
by Halo TeamFor EmployersThe UK workplace nursery benefit market splits into scheme providers, benefit aggregators, and compliance software. Here’s what each does — and where Halo fits.
by Halo TeamFor EmployersA practical buyer’s guide for UK HR and finance teams: the criteria that matter when choosing a workplace nursery benefit platform, with a checklist.
by Halo TeamFor EmployersA clear UK HR and payroll guide to how workplace nursery benefit deductions work: pre-tax salary deductions, payslip changes, tax and NI savings, and the NMW floor.
by Halo TeamFor EmployersHow large UK employers run a workplace nursery benefit under Section 318 at scale — uncapped NI savings, governance, payroll integration and any-nursery coverage.
by Halo TeamFor ParentsYour employer doesn’t offer the workplace nursery benefit yet? Here’s how to ask — who to contact, a copy-paste message for HR, and why it’s an easy yes.
by Halo Team