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Nursery businesses join forces against closures

A new campaign has been launched by the Federation of Small Businesses to stem the closures of private nurseries
Nursery owners at the first meeting of the taskforce in Manchester, with (far right) Jane Walton, FSB policy chair for pre-school education
Nursery owners at the first meeting of the taskforce in Manchester, with (far right) Jane Walton, FSB policy chair for pre-school education

A group of nursery owners from across the North of England have met as part of a new taskforce created by the FSB to tackle challenges facing the sector.

The taskforce, made up of 12 nursery owners from across the North of England, including Cumbria, Yorkshire, Merseyside, Cheshire and Greater Manchester, agreed to call on the Government and local authorities to help reverse the decline in private day nursery provision across the country.

The group is seeking to build on six recommendations published in research by the FSB last year, which found that many small childcare providers were struggling to make ends meet.

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