THE Glasgow Times is featuring the six candidates hoping to be voted Glasgow's Favourite Business for 2024. This year's nominees are Boveda Hair & Beauty, Café Gandolfi, Clyde 1, Glasgow Film Theatre, Nursery Story and Waverley Excursions Ltd. The award, sponsored by this paper, is part of the Glasgow Business Awards organised by Glasgow Chamber of Commerce.
FOR many parents, sending their young children to nursery can be a daunting thought, but there’s one software company in Glasgow that is looking to change that. Nursery Story, from CEO Sheena Johnstone and COO Samantha Clark, is an app for the early years sector which "bridges the communication gap" between nurseries and parents and was built in communication with nursery teachers and early years experts. Sheena, who has a background in elderly care, was first inspired to create Nursey Story around three years ago after her granddaughter was coming home from nursey “starving” or with a sore tummy.
She explained: "I thought ‘is she eating, how much is she eating’ and a two-year-old or three-year-old can’t really communicate that with you. "I think every parent is worried or concerned when they drop their child off at nursery that they’re missing out on things." (Image: Colin Mearns, Newsquest) Nursey Story allows the nurseries to send all observations about the child and their care to the parent, including pictures, but also has the educational framework for pre-schoolers, allowing staff to manage bringing .