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Advice on starting up a babysitting agency?
Im looking into starting my own babysitting agency, where in basic terms parents or carers will pay a registration fee and come to me when they need a babysitter. The babysitters will be paid by the parents when they have completed the work, I will keep babysitters details on file and contact them when a job comes in. Now I need to know about tax, licenses etc. any help would be appreciated thanks.what insurance do i need and i know i need to register the business but how does the tax and national insurance work for me and the babysitters

Setting up a babysitting agency advice please?
im starting my own babysitting agency where parents will pay me a fee to register and then i will supply them with a babysitter the parents will pay the babysitter that will have nothing to do with me im just the go between so to speak. I know i will have to register my business and pay national insurance and tax but how does it work for the babysitters do they have to sort that out themselves im not paying anyone only providing a service to the parents

How do i set up a babysitting agency?
legal stuff etc??

Parents, what are some unique services you would like to see a babysitting agency offer?
I am opening a childcare agency next month, and really want to make life easier on parents. I've been working with kids for over a decade now, but am not a parent myself and know I can benefit from the inside perspective. My babysitters are well qualified and employed by me...so it is not a family sitter matching service, but I actually employ the babysitters I send to families, and families often receive the same babysitter they always get. Sitters are available 24 7, even holidays. Any ideas for something I can offer that would help families?

Should a babysitting agency let you know in advance if a child has down syndrome?
I have been working for an agency for one year now, and all of the children I have babysit for all have normal intelligence. Yesterday, the agency asked me to take an assignment from 7 30 to 3 00 and she said she was having trouble filling it. I took the assignment. Then she e mailed me the specifics after I had already accepted the asssignment and told me that the child has Down Syndrome. Then she asked me if I could take an assignment again with this same child the following week. I replied that I have no prior experience with Down Syndrome and I would have to see how the assignment went before I accepted another assignment with this child. She acted like she was upset about it. I then e mailed her back and told her that she should have mentioned that the child has Down Syndrome first and asked me if I was comfortable with that first since I have never worked with that population. She acted like she didn't have to mention anything to me. So what do you think? Should she have told me first or should I just take any assignment regardless of the situation?