Little Elms Daycare Nursery is currently gearing up for the launch of its fourth nursery in Sydenham, south-east London, at the beginning of next year. It has been an exciting three-year period for the family-owned business, which has powered ahead since opening its first site in 2009.
Steady growth in tough times has been fuelled by detailed knowledge of local markets and a commitment to providing a quality of care and learning which the owners, brothers Matthew and Spencer Lancaster, were originally seeking for their own children.
The brothers originally raised the capital for the £1.5m refurbishment of their first site in Beckenham by selling a successful cleaning business. Despite their lack of sector knowledge, their involvement as parents provided the impetus and personal desire to create quality nurseries.
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