Expansion brightens horizons

Nicole Curnow
Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Bright Horizons Family Solutions has moved up to fourth place in the nursery chain league table with the acquisition of two more nursery groups. In June this year Bright Horizons Family Solutions snapped up Child & Co, a chain of nine nurseries with 863 places among them, based in Oxfordshire. Two months later, it bought the Birrell Collection of six nurseries in Edinburgh, acquiring a further 358 places. This puts Bright Horizons at 4,291 places, ahead of Busy Bees, which had 4,075 places in June 2004.