When a successful British nursery chain was sold to a US firm it set others in the sector wondering who might be next. Annette Rawstrone investigates
The star-spangled banner has unfurled over the British private childcare sector, as staff at the London-based chain Nurseryworks accustom themselves to being taken over by an American childcare company.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BHFS) announced the first trans-Atlantic acquisition of a British nursery chain last month, following discussions which began just before Christmas. The chain manages more than 300 workplace nurseries in the US and can now add Nurseryworks' eight UK nurseries to its tally.
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