case study
“I had wanted to start my own Day Nursery since the birth of my first son and spent a long time considering the proposition I wanted to offer and how I wanted to structure the business. I produced my complete business plan but still faced one major hurdle — finding a suitable building!
As a start-up nursery, I could not even consider a Freehold property, as every penny I had was allocated to starting the business, so I began looking for a suitable lease. I spoke to every estate agent, knocked on doors and rang everyone I knew in the quest for any leasehold I could find. I ran into all the usual problems: a suitable building but a 1 year lease, a long term lease on a building with no hope of planning permission — in all I spent over 18 months on the quest just to get started!
An introduction to the Childcare Business Partnership changed everything. They found an amazing building, a church suitable for conversion, right in the middle of town! I can now develop my business knowing that it is built on solid foundations. The process was remarkably easy and we are already looking for another property to continue the growth of the Business.”