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Kindred Nurseries acquires North London group

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

| Nursery World

Kindred Nurseries has acquired the four Bright Stars Nurseries, based in London.

Grandir UK buys Three Little Birds nursery group

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Friday, November 4, 2022

| Nursery World

Grandir UK has acquired the Three Little Birds group to grow to 70 nurseries.

New funding for nursery group RAFA Kidz, while Happy Days makes move into Wales

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Friday, May 26, 2023

| Nursery World

A nursery group which operates settings around RAF stations has been awarded more than £250,000 by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, on behalf of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund.

Recruitment and retention crisis has increased the skills gap in the early years workforce

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

| Nursery World

The early years skills gap has increased by over 2 per cent in the last five years, putting ‘immense pressure' on setting managers’ workloads and stress levels’, according to new research.

Nursery group Storal secures private equity investment

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Monday, October 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Storal nursery group has secured investment to expand with a new private equity provider, and has bought a 123-place nursery in Manchester.

Nursery group Alpha Nurseries closes due to financial problems

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Alpha Nurseries, a group of more than 20 nurseries and out-of-school clubs, with a head office in Ipswich, has announced the immediate closure of all its settings.

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

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Monday, March 4, 2024

| Nursery World

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has claimed that the Government is ‘on track’ with its plans to expand childcare for parents, in response to Labour claims that it has a dossier that shows that the Conservatives’ plans are ‘in absolute tatters’.

Coronavirus: Nursery owners to discuss their experiences of reopening in a free digital conference

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Friday, June 12, 2020

| Nursery World

An online conference run by Famly, with Nursery World as media partner, will be broadcast on 16 June, two weeks on from the date that many settings in England reopened their doors.

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries around the country are considering joining a class action against their insurer and broker over failure to pay out as a result of closure during the coronavirus crisis, Nursery World can reveal.

Expanding nursery group launches brand of smaller settings

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Friday, October 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Welcome Nurseries, one of the fastest growing nursery groups in the UK, has acquired its 11th nursery, the first to be called Welcome Petite.

Scottish nurseries win relief from business rates until 2023

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Monday, December 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Scotland will be exempt from paying business rates until 2023, Scottish Government has said.

Snapdragons launches its tenth nursery

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Snapdragons has opened the gates of its new purpose-built nursery to families in Cribbs Causeway, Bristol.

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Nursery group offers free childcare to parents hit by pandemic

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Co-op Childcare is offering free and subsidised childcare to parents who have been impacted by redundancy as a result of the pandemic.

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

| Nursery World

Childcare providers will receive funding based on actual attendance numbers during this year's summer and autumn terms, in a move designed to protect their funding, as children return to early years settings.

New outdoor nursery group launches in Scotland

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Monday, July 19, 2021

| Nursery World

An Edinburgh social enterprise has secured £725,000 in funding to launch a chain of outdoor nurseries.

UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees to open 357th setting

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

| Nursery World

Busy Bees Childcare will open its new nursery in Nottingham next month.

Kindred Education buys three new nurseries

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The Kettering-headquartered group has acquired three new nurseries in Cambridgeshire in a one-off deal, expanding the company’s portfolio of settings to 21.

Busy Bees Childcare nursery reopens after closing due to lack of staff

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Monday, September 13, 2021

| Nursery World

The country’s largest childcare provider, Busy Bees, has reopened its Plymouth setting after temporarily closing it due to a shortage of qualified staff.

Nursery groups grow their businesses

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Derbyshire-based White House Nursery Group has bought its sixth setting, while Back to the Garden Childcare has started construction on its second site.

Old Station Nursery group adds five more settings

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Thursday, November 4, 2021

| Nursery World

The Old Station Nursery Group has bought My First Friends, a chain of five nurseries in the West Midlands.

N Family Club grows to 17 settings

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Friday, December 3, 2021

| Nursery World

N Family Club has acquired Bright Minds Daycare, a group of four nurseries across the West Midlands.

Fennies nursery group grows to 15 settings

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Friday, February 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Fennies, which operates across London, Surrey and Kent, has opened two new settings in the last couple of weeks.

Bright Horizons acquires Australian nursery group

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons has expanded into Australia with the acquisition of a nursery group of 75 sites.

NDNA launches campaign to raise the profile of the early years sector

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| Nursery World

A campaign to promote the sector and its dedicated workforce is being launched by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

Get your tickets to our Sustainability in the Early Years conference

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Thursday, June 9, 2022

| Nursery World

There's just less than a month to go until our conference on sustainability on 13 July where delegates will hear from a top line-up of presenters about how to adopt sustainable practice and provision.

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Kindred Nurseries acquires North London group

Grandir UK buys Three Little Birds nursery group

New funding for nursery group RAFA Kidz, while Happy Days makes move into Wales

Recruitment and retention crisis has increased the skills gap in the early years workforce

Nursery group Storal secures private equity investment

Nursery group Alpha Nurseries closes due to financial problems

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

Coronavirus: Nursery owners to discuss their experiences of reopening in a free digital conference

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

Expanding nursery group launches brand of smaller settings

Scottish nurseries win relief from business rates until 2023

Snapdragons launches its tenth nursery

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Nursery group offers free childcare to parents hit by pandemic

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

New outdoor nursery group launches in Scotland

UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees to open 357th setting

Kindred Education buys three new nurseries

Busy Bees Childcare nursery reopens after closing due to lack of staff

Nursery groups grow their businesses

Old Station Nursery group adds five more settings

N Family Club grows to 17 settings

Fennies nursery group grows to 15 settings

Bright Horizons acquires Australian nursery group

NDNA launches campaign to raise the profile of the early years sector

Get your tickets to our Sustainability in the Early Years conference

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