Nursery World - Children's physical activity provider takes on its first nurseries

The Little Sports Group (LSG), which operates primary education services and sports programmes has acquired its first nurseries.

Northfield Under 5's in South Yorkshire is one of six nurseries acquired by the Little Sports Group

The group, whose headquarters are based in Manchester, has bought six settings, covering Yorkshire, Stoke-on-Trent and Manchester. Together they provide a total of 354 childcare places.

One of the nurseries it has acquired is Northfield Under 5’s in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

Founded 16 years ago, LSG which runs sports and physical activity programmes under numerous brands including – Tots FC and LSC, plans to acquire more nurseries, in particular in the North-West or Yorkshire.

Chelsea Melnyk, client manager at Abacus Day Nursery Sales, which handled the sale of Northfield Under 5’s, said, ‘I am really happy to have been able to help chief executive Craig Brennan and The Little Sports Group take their first step into the childcare market sector while also enabling our client to fulfil his retirement plans. The market for day nurseries is really buoyant at the moment, with new entrants like The Little Sports Group coming in, as well as existing operators looking to build their businesses.’

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