Children's services are proving an enduring attraction to investors seeking an alternative to structured products
Mid August and it's time for many adults to get reacquainted with children. It doesn't matter if they are not your own, for they swarm in the streets, on the beaches, in the parks and cafés. It is impossible to avoid them. School holidays remind those who otherwise try to lead normal lives that they are actually at the beck and call of hosts of little people. Even bigger children are infinitely demanding. Adults not suddenly required to impersonate Dipsy, or accept a bey blade challenge, have to hand over cash or the car keys. In situ carers, usually but not always mothers, seem to emb...
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