Nursery World - An accidental businesswoman

Linda Findon is approaching business training back to front. More than 20 years after launching her business career she is about to embark on management training. Blessed with common sense, the ability to select good professional advisers and excellent support staff, but no business acumen, Linda's first foray into the world of business was a nursery class run from her house in Stratford-Upon-Avon with three friends. The fledgling enterprise flourished and she developed it to meet demand. Cygnets Education and Childcare now runs two nurseries and provides wraparound care with an out-of- school club, baby unit and holiday scheme.

Blessed with common sense, the ability to select good professional advisers and excellent support staff, but no business acumen, Linda's first foray into the world of business was a nursery class run from her house in Stratford-Upon-Avon with three friends. The fledgling enterprise flourished and she developed it to meet demand. Cygnets Education and Childcare now runs two nurseries and provides wraparound care with an out-of- school club, baby unit and holiday scheme.

Linda says, 'I am an accidental businesswoman. I trained as a teacher. When I had my own children I couldn't find anywhere I liked. Egged on by friends, we decided to open our own nursery class. The idea was to keep going until the children went to school and then fold.

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