Busy Bees and Bright Horizons, two of the UK's biggest nursery chains, have stood down, while nursery owner and training company director Ross Midgley has also departed.
Cheryl Hadland, of Tops Day Nurseries (the Hadland group), has relinquished her position as chair, though remains a member of the group, and been replaced by her former deputy, Chrissy Meleady.
One insider who wished to remain anonymous said, 'I wasn't convinced there was much of a democratic process going on. The lack of democracy was ... evident in the questions asked in the consultations (carried out by the group) and the way the answers were interpreted.
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