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Ladybird

Head office: 24 High Street, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE18 9JZ. Tel: 01480 469166. Website: www.ladybird-daynursery.co.uk.Proprietor: Mary Crosby. Established: 1976.

Owns 3 nurseries: Fenstanton (50), Papworth (30), Brampton (42) (all in the Cambridgeshire area)

Places: 122. Employees: 32.

Leapfrog Day Nurseries

Head office: Central Office, Second Avenue, Centrum 100, Burton on Trent, Staffs DE14 2WF. Tel: 01283 510444 Fax: 01283 510445. Website: www.leapfrogdaynurseries. co.uk. Directors: Derek Mapp (executive chairman), Sue Husbands (managing director), Mike Butcher (finance director). Established: April 1998.

Owns 35 nurseries: Beverley, East Yorkshire (102), Bicester, Oxon (102), Braintree, Essex (102), Bromborough, Wirral (102), Brough, East Yorkshire (102), Burton on Trent, Staffs (102), Chandlers Ford (113), Chelmsford, Essex (102), Cheshire Oaks, Cheshire (102), Chippenham, Wilts (102), Chiswick, London (83), Clifton Moor, York (120), Crawley, Sussex (117), Daventry, Northants (91), Daybrook, Nottingham (120), Edgbaston, Birmingham (98), Emersons Green, South Glos (102), Enfield, Middlesex (102), Evesham, Worcs (102), Excel, Royal Victoria Docks, London (100-plus creche), Finsbury Square, London (90), Heatherton, Derby (102), Kettering, Northants (108), Mill Hill, London (78), Northwich, Cheshire (102), Oakwood, Derby (102), Quedgeley, Glos (102), Reigate, Surrey (102), Smithfield Market, London (102), Swindon, Wilts (102), Telford, Shropshire (102), Thurrock, Essex (102), Warndon, Worcs (102), Woking, Surrey (122), Wollaton, Nottingham (102)