Hug-a-Bub finds a new home after Fertile Minds buys the popular baby sling brand

Smart Company 29 July 2016 Popular baby sling brand Hug-a-Bub has found a new home, with Sydney-based baby and maternity company Fertile Mind buying the brand’s assets for an undisclosed sum. Hug-a-Bub Australia entered voluntary administration in June and temporarily ceased trading. However, the brand is now part of the growing portfolio of brands distributed…

Christie long mocked idea that N.J. had a road fund crisis | The Auditor – NJ.com

Remember when Gov. Chris Christie mocked the idea that the Transportation Trust Fund was going broke as simply media-driven hysteria? In February 2015, Christie said firmly the lack of a funding plan didn’t amount to “a crisis at the moment, because we’re funded pretty well now.” The governor’s comment came about a month after Christie tapped former state transportation…

Federal Election 2016: Nick Xenophon will not say which party he’ll support in hung parliament – The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Xenophon celebrates with Rebekha Sharkie, who is leading in Mayo, at his post election party at Adelaide’s Palace Cinema. Photo: James Elsby Nick Xenophon has refused to declare which party he would support in the event of a hung parliament. “That’s a hypothetical, I won’t answer hypotheticals,” he said during a victory party in…

Insolvency Service unveils new fee structure – CCH Daily inc Accountancy Live (subscription) (blog)

The move, which is subject to Parliamentary scrutiny, is in response to a review of the services funding arrangements which sought to develop a more resilient, transparent fee structure. From 21 July 2016 under the new structure the deposit and administration fee will remain. A new official receivers general fee will be introduced. This will…

Guvera subsidiaries in $15 million debt, creditors meeting next week – The Australian Financial Review

A creditors meeting for Guvera’s subsidiaries has been set for Thursday July 7. Wayne Taylor Up to 150 angry creditors, who are owed about  $15 million, will descend on Deloitte’s Parramatta office next Thursday for the first creditors meeting of Guvera’s subsidiaries that have been placed in administration. The July 7 rendezvous will be the first of two meetings…