A STUDLEY nursery owner is celebrating after scooping the Business Person of the Year title in a prestigious award.

Tricia Wellings, Owner of Bright Kids Nursery Group, picked up the accolade at the glitzy Pride of Stratford Awards ceremony, held at the Crowne Plaza earlier this month.

Tricia launched her flagship nursery, Bright Kids Studley, 20 years ago, in January 1999.

Since then, she has expanded the business exponentially and Bright Kids Group now consists of a further two nurseries in Crabbs Cross and Northfield, Birmingham and four out of school clubs.

Tricia also launched an Early Years training facility, MBK Training in 2014, and subsequently a training products business, Foundation Focus - all of which operate from the group’s head office in Studley High Street.

She said: “I am absolutely thrilled to be named Business Person of the Year.

“I couldn’t do it without my team and I’m really lucky to have such a fantastic group of people behind me.

"So, a big thank you to everyone that supports me and to the judges for choosing me as their winner. I live and work in Studley and I’m just thrilled to have been recognised in this important local award."