Daycare Provision - Business Opportunity

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Katy Reed

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Child daycare services

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Submission Deadline

3 weeks from now

Published

4 days ago

Description

A business opportunity to take-up the running of 7 of the current Leeds City Council Little Owls nurseries - available as a going concern, 3 sites maximum per provider. We are looking for current nursery providers, particularly SMEs or VCSEs, to express interest and complete the pre-qualification questionnaire. Lease would be for minimum of 5 years.

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Katy Reed

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Gwendolyn Wagner-Adair

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