Bertram eyes up further acquisitions

By Simon Vevers, Nursery World, 23 April 2008

The Bertram Nursery Group has £20m to spend on a further wave of acquisitions after it bought nine nurseries owned by the Manchester-based Holyrood Nursery Group last week.

Bertram's chief executive Graeme Scott told Nursery World that he thought the Scotland-based chain, which now has 27 nurseries providing 1,700 childcare places, would grow to 40 'in a matter of months' and could have a portfolio of 60 or 70 facilities within two years. 'We are basically on the acquisition trail and have a £20m cash facility to do this. There is no reason to stop acquiring if you are able...

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