Boogie Beat and Pebble: Collaboration, reduced admin and a better user experience
The Pebble system integrates seamlessly with the Boogie Beat website, providing an online booking and payment portal which is tailored to the needs of the various users.
Setting Up Partnership Accounts: Responsibilities From Choosing a Name, Registering an Address to Taxation Liabilities
Choosing a name for your business might not seem like the hardest thing to do, but it is worth noting that there are a few rules that you must keep in mind whilst setting up your LLP. Your name cannot be the same as, or too similar to, another registered company’s name and your chosen […]
How to choose school topics for your activity provision
Children’s activity providers do the fun stuff! They bounce into schools armed with enthusiasm and a whole host of exciting resources along with years of experience specialising in their chosen field – so surely that should be enough, right? Whilst enthusiasm, expertise and exciting resources should definitely be non-negotiables, the school market is an increasingly […]
Summer Secrets: Boosting Business Success by Taking Breaks
What if I told you there was a secret ingredient that could revolutionise the way you approach business success? Once upon a time, in the bustling world of entrepreneurship, there was a small business owner named Sarah. Sarah was the proud founder of a successful online retail company called “SunnySocks.” Day in and day out, […]
Black Box Thinking
Have you ever heard of “black box thinking”? It’s a concept that can help you improve your activities and provide better experiences for your young customers. So, what is black box thinking? It’s a way of learning from mistakes and failures. In the aviation industry, a black box is a device that records data from […]
We’re going on a bear hunt…
Have you ever read the book “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”? It’s a classic children’s story that teaches an important lesson about facing your fears and pushing through obstacles. In the story, the family encounters various obstacles, and when faced with each one, they say, “We can’t go over it, we can’t go under […]
Spring Cleaning Your Business: Tips for Children’s Activity Providers
Spring is in the air (hooray!), and that means it’s time for some spring cleaning. But we’re not just talking about cleaning out your cupboards and scrubbing your floors. We’re talking about spring cleaning your business! Spring is the perfect time to take a fresh look at your business and make some changes. Here are […]
Use This Summer to Switch Off
We’re writing this piece as a call to action: you need to take some time off this summer. With the stop-start nature of the past 12+ months, you might be tempted to keep ploughing on over the holiday period and forgo a break, but we think that is a recipe for eventual burnout. While it’s […]
11 Ways Activity Providers Can Ensure Long-Term Recovery Post-Covid
It’s been over a year since the UK entered the first lockdown and the children’s activities sector has been significantly impacted. We’ve seen temporary and permanent business closures, enforced business sales, large drops in revenue and profit and more widely, concern about the viability of operating models. However, it’s not been all doom and gloom. We […]
How to Successfully Build & Grow a Children’s Activity Business
This month marks the 1 year anniversary of ICAP launching, which is a really proud moment and milestone for us. In that time we’ve released multiple guides, reports and resources alongside some pretty great online events to support children’s activity providers primarily through the Covid-19 storm, but also to help focus on how best to develop your business […]
