Nursery World - Cheshire-based Elmscot expands and starts out-of-school franchise

The Elmscot group of nurseries and out-of-school clubs has acquired its sixth nursery, with backing from Santander to grow the group.

The acquisition is also the 14th setting for the group, which also runs eight out-of-school clubs under the Kids Collective brand, also based in Cheshire.

Little Friends Day Nursery in Chester is in an old Edwardian listed building near the station and the city centre. The group is about to start refurbishing the nursery and has plans to transform the large outdoor area in keeping with its other nurseries.

The new nursery will be re-branded as Elmscot Day Nursery and Nursery School (Chester).

The Elmscot Group was set up in 2001 by Stephanie Molnar and Dee McKenzie, a biologist and an accountant, who were struggling to find a nursery for their own children. The founders continue to run the group, which now has more than 225 employees, and provides early years education and childcare for more than 1,700 children through the nurseries and out-of-school provision.

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