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Things you’ll find interesting about Childcare and our Childcare online Booking

CoB walk throughs

We have published a walk through for parents on how to register on CoB and make their first childcare booking.

CoB custom versions

The Childcare on-line Booking (CoB) system can be customised to match you requirements. As the developers of the booking system we know it inside out and will be able to determine if CoB can be customised to match your requirements.

Cob moves to new dedicated server

We have successfully migrated The Childcare on-line Booking (CoB) system across to its new dedicated server this afternoon.

We were able to limited the downtime to 28 minutes (between 15:08 and 15:36) and was down to the testing and planning we have undertaken over the last 4 weeks in preparation for today.

OOSA competition winner

We are delighted to announce our OOSA competition winner today: Play Learning Life CIC, based in Hampshire.

Cyber Essentials Plus

We are delighted to announce that we have passed our Cyber Essentials Plus this week and now have our Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate of Assurance. The assessor went on to say "it is rare that an organisation achieves Cyber Essentials Plus on their first assessment" and he was very impressed at our set-up. We are now completing our IASME certification that is a certificate associated with data protection (GDPR) and the only recognised certificate recognised by the ICO.

Who is CoB designed for?

The Childcare on-line Booking (CoB) system is designed for out of school clubs (including breakfast clubs, after school clubs, holiday clubs and playschemes), as well as preschools and nurseries.

Cyber Essentials Plus and IASME

Ayrmer Software is in the process of getting the government-backed cyber security certification (Cyber Essentials Plus). It sets out a good baseline of cyber security for small and large businesses alike.

New dedicated server

We are moving CoB to a new dedicated server and upgrading the server infrastructure to ensure the best possible service, whilst updating the security of CoB.

We asked our users to describe CoB in 3 words

We recently sent out a customer survey and whilst all the results are not in ask yet – we know how busy you all are – we are delighted with the initial responses!