The acquisition of the Surrey-based Bright New Minds group and My Day Nurseries increases Treetops' provision to 29 settings in England and 2,100 childcare places.
The group, which is based in Derby, has bought the Epsom, Cheam, Sutton and Teddington Bright New Minds nurseries. Two other sites had previously closed down, and the company had gone into administration.
At the same time, Treetops was negotiating the buyout of three freehold nurseries in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
Managing director David Hancock told Nursery World, 'It all happened in the space of a week. The purchase of My Day Nurseries was going through at the same time. They were a family-owned business looking for an exit.'
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