Sitting in his state-of-the-art office, with views overlooking London's South Bank, nursery director Guy Hanscombe attempts to get on with some number-crunching. But for the second time this morning he is interrupted.
He shares an open-plan office with the head of education, the out-of-school manager and the senior administrator at Coin Street Nursery, a 64-place purpose-built setting, part of the £9.55 million Coin Street neighbourhood centre in London's Waterloo area.
Meanwhile, in Faringdon, Oxfordshire, Liz Clements, nursery manager at the Old Station Nursery, spends the morning dealing with the operational side of the business from her compact but fully functional office, which she describes as a 'large cupboard'.
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