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The nursery in Carlisle has sold a franchise to Dana and Richard Lu, who previously ran a lighting business in London, and split their time between Surrey and Guangzhou.
The new nursery, which opened last week on the third floor of the Guangzhou Opera House, will offer the EYFS to up to 100 children living in the city.
David and Jenn Farrell founded the 182-place Stone Eden Nursery School in Carlisle in 2005.
Their daughter Hannah Farrell, franchise director for the company, said, ‘We never wanted to rule out international expansion and ironically that is really where the demand for the EYFS is. By chance, China was our first enquiry and our first sale.’
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