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“Abacus has cut down on the planning and preparation work in our nurseries by 50%….”
– Carly Garrett, Franchise Operations Manager at Banana Moon
Banana Moon Day Nursery
Case Study
Banana Moon is an Early Years’ franchise with 19 nurseries throughout in the UK. They established their business in 2006 and have a strong focus on “Banana Moon” world and the characters which belong to it. Their ethos is to be the best at what they do and to provide the pinnacle in childcare.
Their proposition is unique because they give franchisees a high level of support combined with a proven business model to ensure all their nurseries operate to continuously high standards.
We spoke with Carly Garrett, Franchise Operations Manager, who oversaw Abacus being implemented in the first four franchisee nurseries that were set up. Carly and her colleague Becks act as the initial contact point for any franchise managers who need assistance with running their childcare business.
What was life like before you had Abacus?
Life before Abacus was really frustrating– it was difficult for us to see where payments were coming from and we soon realised that we needed a user friendly system to help us.
How long have you been using Abacus for and why did you choose it?
We have been using Abacus for two years now and have rolled it out in all of our nurseries.
Previously, we used two other software companies but found neither of them to be very flexible and they did not meet our needs. We decided that we wanted a system in place which would grow with us and were excited by what Celeste (Business Consultant at Parenta) was offering. Abacus seemed to tick all our boxes!