Nursery World - Tops Day Nurseries buys eight settings

The Hadland Care Group, which runs Tops Day Nurseries, has acquired Plymouth-based Noah's Ark Childcare Centres.

Tops has also bought the standalone Yeovil Day Nursery. The deals mean that the nursery group has grown by more than a third.

With the acquisitions, supported by NatWest bank, the nursery group now operates 27 nurseries across the south and south-west of England, employing more than 750 staff.

Established in 1996, Noah's Ark Childcare Centres is a group of seven nurseries. Yeovil Day Nursery and Pre-school, based in Somerset, was established in 2016.

Tops Day Nurseries has more than 3,000 children on roll. According to Nursery Chains 2017, the group offered 1,690 childcare places last November.

Across the 27 nurseries, there are 2,026 registered childcare places.

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