Nursery World - China - Eastern promises

Early years provision in China is a huge growth market, with UK nurseries large and small taking up opportunities to open there. So, what are the pros and cons of doing business in this very different country?

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Last year, Carlisle-based nursery Stone Eden opened an EYFS setting in China. The 120-place single-site operator sold a franchise to its first enquiry – from a couple who had run a lighting business in London and wanted to set up an English-style setting in China for their children. Now with a similar-sized setting in a state-of-the-art opera house in the business district of Guangzhou, a city of 14 million people, managing director David Farrell says it has been a ‘very, very good’ experience, adding, ‘He is English, she is Chinese – it is a very positive relationship.’

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