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With the huge boom in the nursery market over the past decade a nursery is just about the best investment that can be made. But, asks Noella Pio Kivlehan, is there a limit to the sector's growth? Single-site nurseries and small groups are being snapped up as investors see the benefits of investing in a market that has exploded over the past five years. Market researcher Key Note forecast a 50 per cent growth in day nursery provision from 1999 to 2003, a prediction that has proved to be accurate.

Single-site nurseries and small groups are being snapped up as investors see the benefits of investing in a market that has exploded over the past five years. Market researcher Key Note forecast a 50 per cent growth in day nursery provision from 1999 to 2003, a prediction that has proved to be accurate.

Joanne Mathers, agency manager for the surveyors, valuers and estate agents Christie & Co, says most of the nurseries on its books are under offer within weeks, with buyers ranging from first-time investors and owner-operators to small chains and the large corporate operators.

Peers Carter, a director of STC, a broker for educational and nursery businesses, is in no doubt why buyinga nursery is currently 'just about the best investment that can be made'.

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