NURSERY operator Kiddy Academy is to offer a 5% discount to parents working for new occupiers signing up for space at Meridian Business Park, in south Liverpool.

Meridian owner Prospect (GB) has announced the deal with the firm, which opened its facility at the Hunts Cross park in January.

Under the deal, subsidised by Prospect, new occupiers will receive a 5% discount on their first year’s nursery fees when their children enrol at Kiddy Academy.

Prospect’s managing director, Neil Waddington, said: “Having Kiddy Academy on site at Meridian provides parents with the opportunity to drop their children off as they arrive at work and collect them as they leave, and so avoid having to take time going out of their way.

“We anticipate that the deal will increase the park’s appeal to potential new companies looking for premises that will help to boost the job package to staff.

“We are also offering recession-busting rents of only £1 per sq ft, so Meridian really is the place to be.”

Rita Purcell, partner at family-run Kiddy Academy, added: “We are delighted to be able to offer this deal, and to give companies one more reason to locate at Meridian.”

Kiddy Academy at Meridian offers 100 places for children from birth to five years old and also runs an after school and holiday club for older children.

Ms Purcell added: “We like to think that we help parents to perform their daily duties, confident in the knowledge that their child is happy, secure and well cared for.”

Meridian offers 22 self-contained office units from 700 sq ft to 5,400 sq ft which are available on a freehold or leasehold basis through joint agents Hitchcock Wright and Keppie Massie.

PROSPECT (GB) has appointed Robert Roddy as its new commercial property manager.

He has worked in the sector for 12 years, and spent four years at Peel Holdings.