Sally Minns, who set up the Old School House Children's Nursery in Sancton in autumn 2000, is one of ten finalists in the HSBC Start-up Stars Awards, which invite applications from UK businesses that have been trading for less than two years and can demonstrate that they have the approprate management skills and ideas for success.
A childcare studies graduate, Ms Minns had worked as a nanny, a senior nursery nurse and as acting nursery manager for the University College Hospital in London before setting up her own nursery, which gained the Investors in People award in just under nine months.
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