The fortunes of the 20 biggest nursery groups appear to be in limbo with no major acquisitions or mergers to report and no new entries to the league table for our winter 2006 issue.
The total number of childcare places provided by the 20 biggest nursery groups stands at 57,916 places, up a mere 84 places from our summer issue.
This compares to a combined total of 57,342 places in the table which appeared in the November 2005 issue.
Reflecting the lack of movement, all the big names have retained their positions in the top ten.
Leapfrog Day Nurseries is still market leader despite a loss of nearly 1,000 places in the past 12 months. It has closed ten nurseries and lost 750 places since the summer issue of Nursery Chains.
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