Childcare & Education
OakNorth provides £30m loan to Happy Days Nurseries to support its buy-and-build strategy with aim to double in size in the coming years
The group, which employs over 1,230 personnel, is backed by Zetland Capital Partners which acquired a majority stake in 2022; It currently has 36 nurseries throughout the South of England and Wales, caring for over 3,000 children daily; With this funding, Happy Days plans to grow its portfolio to 43 sites by early 2026, with […]
Childcare & Education
Innervation Capital backed ICP Educare continues its impressive growth strategy with acquisition of The Woodlands Nursery, Newton le Willows.
ICP Educare continues to deliver its targeted ‘’Buy and Build’’ of high quality Early Years schools – backed by OakNorth. OakNorth – the bank for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs – previously backed both ICP Nurseries in 2017 and Cresswell Nurseries in 2019 before their combination as ICP Education and sale to Oakley Capital IV in June […]
Childcare & Education
Award-winning Nurtured Childcare acquires three-setting nursery group in deal financed by OakNorth
Founded in 2021 by educational entrepreneur Craig Brennan, Nurtured Childcare is one of the UK’s fastest-growing nursery operators; Employing almost 300 staff, Nurtured Childcare now operates 11 nurseries across the North of England, offering 700 places; Elmore Kindergarten Group, a privately owned cluster of three nurseries located throughout Sheffield, was acquired using a facility from […]
Childcare & Education
Innervation Capital-backed, ICPEducare, secures growth capital from OakNorth to pursue “buy and build” of Early Years schools
OakNorth – the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs – has provided growth capital to Innervation Capital Partners, the sector-focused, theme-driven investor to support the “buy and build” strategy of its newly-launched Early Years provider, ICPEducare.
Childcare & Education
Commercial property investor and developer, The Harkalm Group, to acquire eight nurseries across the UK, following £2.1m loan from OakNorth
Led by CEO, Adam Harvey, The Harkalm Group, specialises in the retail, convenience, roadside and education sectors; Completing over 150 transactions in the last five years, the group has successfully invested over £400m to date, including over £30m in the UK’s early years sector; The £2.1m loan from OakNorth will support the acquisition of eight […]
Childcare & Education
OakNorth provides funding to support Storal’s acquisition of Children 1st Day Nurseries
Storal is one of the highest-quality nursery operators in the UK, currently operating 30 nurseries and two out-of-school clubs; The investment will part fund the acquisition of Children 1st Day Nurseries which has a portfolio of 23 nurseries across the Midlands and South Yorkshire. OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, has extended further debt facilities […]