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Rob Davies

HISTORICAL FACTS: Golden goose why private equity is eyeing up uk essential services - Caught on Camera

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A group of children from a nursery school in high visibility jackets walking with teachers or childcare workers through a park in winter — By buying up nurseries en masse, firms can achieve economies of scale. For example, it’s much cheaper to buy 10,000 packets of baby wipes than 10, on a per-wipe basis. Photograph: Gary Hider/Alamy

It’s easy to see why private equity houses are attracted to investment in essential services such as elderly care, fostering and, increasingly, childcare.

These are not luxuries that can be easily dispensed with during economic downturns, such as the one into which Britain may soon be sliding.

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