While the Government’s 30-hour free childcare policy is clearly a winner for parents of three- and four-year-olds, many nurseries have told Nursery World of their conflicted feelings about the doubling of the entitlement.
But what about nursery groups – does owning and managing multiple settings make it a different prospect?
In our annual Nursery Chains supplement we talk to some of those groups that are embracing the challenge by taking part in a trial of the scheme from next September.
Elsewhere, we take a look at groups that are choosing to grow through franchising their brands, allowing local owners to run nurseries in their name. Common to the retail sector, the concept is a relatively new phenomenon for nursery groups, but one that is gaining in popularity for those that want to expand.
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