Over half of respondents to a survey of the organisation's member and non-member nurseries also reported an increase in business rates, with the highest increase cited 410 per cent and the lowest 5 per cent.
The insight report on the nursery sector also suggests that the economic climate is having a more negative impact on nurseries than last year, with occupancy down from 2009 levels. One in five survey respondents said that occupancy was between 81 and 90 per cent this year, in contrast with 2009 when one in three said so.
Nurseries said that occupancy and sustainability were the biggest challenges they faced.
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