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Business Development - Giving parents the hours they need

A flexible service across two sites is making a Manchester-based provider popular with parents, says Karen Faux.

Kids Around the Clock was launched by Rashada Bashir in 2000, operating from the ground floor of her home in Baguley, Manchester. Last October she expanded to a second site, winning the tender to provide daycare at the neighbouring Woodhouse Park Sure Start Children's Centre.

As a result, Kids Around the Clock has now extended its highly flexible service to operate between the two sites, providing wraparound care and its established overnight stays.

It now employs 22 staff, who work hard to meet parents' requirements for unconventional hours. The Woodhouse Park provision is open from 7am until 7pm, with children who need to stay after that time being taken back to the 36-place Baguley nursery.

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