After hours

Nursery chains are keen to be involved in the provision of out-of-school care, says Simon Vevers, when local authorities and schools welcome them as partners With the Government demanding that schools provide out-of-school childcare, there would seem to be an unparalled opportunity for nursery chains already engaged in the sector to embrace it more fully. However, not for the first time, the private sector senses both an opportunity to expand in this area and a threat to its existing business if schools and local authorities refuse to collaborate.