THE UK'S biggest fostering agency has relocated to a business park in Chandler's Ford.

Foster Care Associates (FCA) has signed a 10-year lease on a three-storey office block at Tollgate Business Park.

Richard Bryan of Foster Care Associates said: “Tollgate is a perfect location for our business as we work all over the country and the motorway, railway station and airport are all within close proximity.

“Since being founded in 1994, FCA has grown to become the largest independent fostering agency in the UK. We currently support over 2,500 fostering households looking after over 2,600 children and young people. We are the UK's local fostering agency with over 50 offices across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This means that our regional teams provide support and training that is both local and convenient for all our carers.”

Andrew Archibald, director of Keygrove Chartered Surveyors added: “Good quality well located offices are becoming increasingly hard to find as the economy improves and particularly as government policy has been to encourage conversion of offices into residential use.”