Chief executive John Woodward has been honoured for his services to early years education, while Marg Randles, managing director of Busy Bees, has been recognised for her services to children and families.
The pair, along with their respective spouses and two other teachers, founded Busy Bees in 1984 after feeling frustrated with the lack of good-quality, flexible care available for their own children.
Thirty years on and the nursery group, now part-owned by Teachers’ Private Capital – the investment arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pensions Fund – operates 297 settings across the UK and South-East Asia, providing more than 21,500 childcare places. It also runs two children’s centres and an independent primary school in this country.
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