A business graduate, Ms Smith, who has previously been responsible for franchising for companies including Pizza Hut and Starbucks, opened The Learning Experience’s first corporate-owned UK nursery in East Finchley, London in October 2020, and plans to recruit franchise partners from early next year.
WHAT ARE THE PLANS FOR TLE IN THE UK?
Over the last year in the US, TLE has grown rapidly at around one centre a week, so the expansion is very fast. The corporate-owned site in East Finchley is the first in the UK and we will be looking to start partnering with franchise partners in the UK, as we do in the US, to help us on that expansion journey. That will probably start at the beginning of 2021. We may also open one or two more corporate-owned centres.
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