Hopscotch Childcare, which is registered to provide places for 50 children and is graded outstanding, is closing despite having 15 years left on its lease.
Liverpool Council has bought the whole complex to allow the new Merseyside Police headquarters to move from Canning Place in Liverpool city centre to the site, based just outside the centre.
The nursery is located in a converted school building, which is also home to other services including health visitors, and is set on Bishop Goss complex alongside other businesses such as North Liverpool Regeneration Company.
Managing director Sue Adamson, who opened Hopscotch Childcare in September 2004, said, ‘We initially looked to relocate but the city has grown so much it was all too expensive to even consider buying. We can’t just get a new office or move to a shop round the corner like other businesses.
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