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Nursery Management: Case Study - Cheshire Day Nursery

With five settings under their belt and more planned, this family duo sees flexibility and good staff as key to their chain's success, says Katy Morton.

Business is booming for the Cheshire Day Nursery, which opened its latest setting in June. Sisters Julie Mannering and Brenda Burling, who own the chain of nurseries based throughout the north-west of England, opened their fifth nursery - on the site of Warrington District Hospital - just three months after acquiring the setting.

Ms Burling says, 'We were speaking to an agent at Christies about buying a nursery and she advised us that another setting, a former Fledglings Day Nursery, was on the market and the owner of the group was keen to sell the building as it had been closed for three years.

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