Mini Kids Nursery has been run on the BMW Mini site in Cowley, Oxford bynursery chain Busy Bees for 14 years. Bosses have told the 30 familiesusing the nursery that it 'is no longer sustainable'.
A letter was sent to parents on 29 March to say the nursery would closein September.
Parent Joanne Ejiogu said, 'The main reason we use the nursery is thesubsidised fees and also the fact that it's a really small nursery. Youknow that all the staff really know your child. The parents and staffshould have been involved in the discussions.
'BMW has negotiated a 5 per cent discount at a nearby Kidsunlimitednursery, but I estimate we were getting at least a 25 per cent discountat Mini Kids,' she added.
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