The parents of 48 children have been left scrambling for childcare after a nursery which has been open for almost 40 years closed suddenly today. The closure of Beechwood Private Nursery School, Shady Lane, Bromley Cross, Bolton has left 13 workers jobless, children heartbroken and parents facing difficulties in having their children looked after.
The first parents knew of its imminent closure was when an email was sent on Friday, February 24 saying that rising cost issues meant ‘the unfortunate but necessary decision to cease trading’ from Friday, March 3. It said ‘costs in the day to day running of the nursery have increased in the last 12 months’, leaving the business unsustainable.
It is understood the closure was then brought forward to Tuesday, February 28 due to issues with staff wages over the recent period. The nursery, open from 8am-6pm looks after pre-school children of all ages at the building close to Bromley Cross railway station.
