Tinies

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Tinies

Company type	Private company
Industry	Childcare
Headquarters	London , United Kingdom
Key people	Ben Black (co-CEO), Oliver Black (co-CEO) and Amanda Coxen (co-CEO)
Parent	Bright Horizons
Website	www.tinies.com

Tinies Childcare is a British childcare company operating across the United Kingdom.^[1] Tinies focuses on childcare recruitment operating 30 childcare and nanny agencies in the UK.^[2] It has been part of US based Bright Horizons since 2019.

Tinies specialises in the recruitment of nannies and nursery staff, and the provision of fixed and mobile crèches.^[3] The company manages a chain of 25+ fixed creches and junior/kids club programmes on behalf of fitness chains and companies. Tinies also runs the overseas child care recruitment schemes for the UK holiday company Thomson Holidays.

The company was founded in 1975, by Janet Trethewy Tinies as a nanny agency with 5 branches.

It was acquired by brothers Ben and Oliver Black in March 2000.^[4] In August of that year they were joined by Amanda Coxen.^[5]

In 2007 Tinies secured its first government Sure Start contract.^[6] Tinies went on to manage the holiday playschemes for over 32 government departments.

Ben Black went on to found a web-based emergency childcare service, which went on to become the award-winning family friendly employee benefits company My Family Care (who also own Nannyshare.co.uk).^[7][8]

In 2019, the company was acquired by US based childcare provider Bright Horizons.^[9] The sale did not include Tinies five nurseries and mobile crèches.