Nursery World - Busy Bees acquires three nurseries in Hampshire

Busy Bees Childcare, the largest nursery group in the UK, has bought Egg Day Nurseries, a family-owned organisation located in Andover and Winchester, which offers a total of 181 places for children.

Busy Bees has bought the Egg Day Nurseries group of three settings

With the acquisition, Busy Bees now has four early years settings based in Hampshire, including Busy Bees Eastleigh, Pilgrims Close.

Across the UK and Ireland, the group cares for more than 40,000 children in 386 nurseries, and more than 75,000 children globally across eight countries.

Previous owners of Egg Day Nurseries, Anthony and Briony White, opened Sutton Scotney nursery in Winchester over three floors of a converted Methodist church in 2000. This first Egg Day Nurseries setting caters for 69 children from birth to five years, and features four rooms for children, a dedicated baby sleep room, a baby kitchen, and a laundry room. Older children have freeflow access to the outside play area, with dedicated outdoor space for babies.

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