Deb Wright and Candice Hewitson, who launched Puddleducks Childcare childminding service in Stockton-on-Tees in May last year, decided to move from running a childminding business to setting up their own nursery in response to a rising demand for nursery places.
‘We decided the need was there in the area for a nursery. We looked for a day nursery and it took us six months to find somewhere suitable,’ said co-owner Ms Hewitson. The pair have turned a three-storey flat into a day nursery after gaining planning permission.
Ms Wright and Ms Hewitson asked parents to choose between staying with the childminding setting and going to the new nursery. ‘Everybody decided to come with us. Within six weeks, all the 12 children transferred over,’ said Ms Hewitson.
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