Just days after we went to press on our annual Nursery Chains supplement last year, Bright Horizons, the country’s second-biggest group, bought Asquith Nurseries, which had for many years been the third-biggest.
Thanks to the wonders of technology, we were able to produce an updated version of our top 25 league table on our website fairly swiftly. (But we are of course hoping that we won’t have a repeat of such an event this year!).
Our round-up of the largest nursery chains in the UK reflects this deal, with Bright Horizons cementing its place as the second-biggest group behind Busy Bees after adding 75 more nurseries and more than 5,600 places in the past 12 months.
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