Each of the new settings for Kids 1st Day Nurseries, at Wynyard Park and West Park in Darlington, will offer full daycare for 108 children aged three months to five years and is expected to employ 25 full-time staff. They will bring the group's total provision to more than 700 places.
In the latest issue of Nursery Chains, Kids 1st had five nurseries in the nort-east of England and employed 76 staff.
Managing director Mark McArdle told Nursery World that the company had further plans for expansion.
He said, 'We started the business by opening two nurseries, having a year of consolidation and then adding another two. Assuming that these nurseries are successful, we will look at having another wave of expansion in a year or so.
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