For the first time since it became an annual supplement, this is a spring edition of Nursery Chains.
You probably don’t need me to explain why that is.
However, despite the unprecedented challenges of 2020, nursery groups of all sizes across the UK have continued to valiantly support families during the Covid-19 pandemic, and at the time of writing are open for all children, while schools are closed.
Somewhat surprisingly perhaps, given our times, some groups continued with their expansion plans last year, opening new sites or refurbishing acquisitions.
In this year’s table, Busy Bees and Bright Horizons have retained their first and second places respectively, as they have done for many years, but there is a new group which is now in third position.
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