- Adelaide nurseries in liquidation
A chain of daycare centers based on the Montessori teaching method has gone into liquidation.
Nine Precious Cargo centers in Adelaide were placed into liquidation on Tuesday.
Adelaide-based business advisory firm Heard Phillips Lieberenz is now leading the liquidation of the company, and directors Andrew Heard and Anthony Phillips have been appointed liquidators.
Cheryl Shigrov founded Precious Cargo Education in 2006 after volunteering at her son’s Montessori preschool as a playgroup coordinator and teacher’s assistant.
“I am also a strong advocate for better pay and conditions for educators, including through the child care industry union, United Voice,” she said.
“My vision is to create a business model that gives back to the community and offers a unique, interconnected range of businesses that support the betterment of humanity.”
A chain of daycare centers based on the Montessori teaching method goes into liquidation
The centers affected are in Blackwood, Collinswood, Lockleys, Marion, Woodville Park and Westbourne.
An initial liquidation announcement, affecting 11 centres, was made in early June, two days before the Fair Work Commission awarded a 15 per cent pay rise to childcare workers.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced in August that his government would set aside $3.6 billion to fund this double-digit wage increase, with the first 10 percent increase taking effect in December, followed by another 5 percent in December. 2025.
This will see the pay of childcare workers increase by $103 per week before Christmas, rising to at least $155 per week from December 2025.
Mayfield Childcare announced in July it would buy seven Precious Cargo centers in Adelaide for $4.8 million.
The deal included the branding and intellectual property of the Blackwood, Collinswood, Lockleys, Marion, St Peters, Westbourne Park and Woodville Park centres.
It told the Australian Stock Exchange it had refused to acquire the four other Precious Cargo centers that were in liquidation.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Heard Phillips Lieberenz to clarify the situation regarding daycares included in the agreement.
Nine Precious Cargo centers in Adelaide were put into liquidation on Tuesday
