The nursery market has increased significantly in the past five years and shows no signs of slowing down. With occupancy levels and fees continuing to rise it is an attractive business to enter, which boosts nursery property prices.
Recent positive publicity in the form of a Government-backed report by Bristol University, that found that paid childcare helps boost children's attainment, can only be of added benefit to the private nursery sector, making it even more attractive to those considering buying nurseries.
Contrary to belief, it is not just the headline-making corporate organisations like Asquith Court Schools, or Leapfrog Day Nurseries, that are jostling to get a bigger hold on the sector. 'Everyone thinks it's the big corporations that are taking over the market, but there's still a lot of family businesses out there,' says Henry Harris, an associate at London-based surveyors Edward Symmons.
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