Busy Bees Day Nurseries is the

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largest nursery group, with over 375 nurseries across England, Scotland and Wales. Busy Bees was founded in 1983 and subsequently acquired nursery chains including, Bush Babies, Leapfrog, Kids 1st, Just Learning, Kindercare, Tibbitots and Caring Day Care. The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan acquired Busy Bees Nursery Group in October 2013, with Busy Bees management maintaining a significant minority share in the company. Busy Bees completed its first international acquisition in South East Asia with the purchase of 48 nurseries and Asia International College in Singapore along with a further 12 nurseries in Malaysia, the number of nurseries has now increased further to 52 in Singapore. Busy Bees also founded a childcare voucher company in 1998, which they later sold in 2008. The Busy Bees Nurseries in the UK is supported by learning programmes in line with the

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Statutory Framework. In 2015 two of the founders of Busy Bees Nurseries were awarded an

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for their longstanding service to the childcare sector.Lichfield Mercury
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