Quantuma to oversee Country Bumpkins liquidation

Quantuma has announced that managing directors and insolvency practitioners, Ian Wright and Scott Milne, have been appointed as joint provisional liquidators for Scottish nursery Country Bumpkins.

Located in Ardersier, near Inverness, the single-site Country Bumpkins children’s nursery was established in 2012 and employed a team of 30 staff.

The nursery has entered liquidation after it experienced difficulties in finding suitably trained staff, as many had migrated to Council settings offering improved pay and benefits.

Added to this was the post-Brexit reduction in the highlands labour market, all of which led to reliance on agency staff and increased costs.

Scott Milne, managing director and joint provisional liquidator, said: “It is deeply regrettable that Country Bumpkins has been forced to cease trading, due to a series of challenging circumstances. A combination of extremely difficult trading conditions, including a reduced labour market and increasing costs, has seen the business unable to continue.

“As joint provisional liquidators, our immediate priorities have been to provide appropriate support to those whose jobs have been affected. We would like to thank Highland Council and local private providers for helping to try and accommodate children into other local nursery facilities.”