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Nursery Chains: Editor's view
Nursery World,
18 September 2008
Nursery Chains is now ten years old. The supplement has reported great change in the early years sector during the past decade as New Labour initiatives have made childcare increasingly high profile, if not increasingly profitable.
In the first Nursery Chains directory just 70 nursery groups were listed, running 550 nurseries, creches and out-of-school clubs. Now, despite competition from Government-funded centres, that figure has more than doubled, and we know of over 150 chains throughout the UK and Ireland. In 2008 there are in excess of 1,500 settings operated by groups. Providing care of the highest quality in the face...
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