Te Akatea (NZ Māori Principals Association) held its annual Hui Taumata in Wellington this April, bringing together passionate school leaders from all over the country. The Hui Taumata is the association’s national conference where principals and educational leaders gather to share knowledge and strengthen Māori-led education. As proud sponsors of
CrestClean’s Move to the Regions Programme is providing families with opportunities to settle outside of Auckland and Wellington. CrestClean, which is one of many companies helping to settle families outside Auckland, has successfully settled 25 families in Hawkes Bay, Whangarei, Wairarapa, Kapiti Coast, North Harbour, Hamilton, Taupo, Nelson, Blenheim, Queenstown,
The CrestClean LeslieRugby Junior Rugby Team Coaching Programme is helping strengthen junior rugby in New Zealand. The programme is aimed at junior rugby coaches and/or dads and mums who are interested in coaching the game in the future. It promotes fundamental skill development and makes it easier for junior team
Auckland Central Region franchisee Resham Singh captured the attention of his colleagues with unanimous accolades that his van is the best in the fleet. Earlier this year, Resham purchased a 2014 Nissan NV350 Caravan. It’s a great car and automatic, which means it drives well in the busy Auckland traffic.
For Prasun and Diksha Acharya, owning their own business was out of reach until they discovered CrestClean’s Move to the Regions Programme. The programme, which started in 2011, provides people, who would like to own their own business, with an opportunity to move outside of Auckland and Wellington. Prasun and
South Auckland CrestClean franchisee team Druv Deepak Ram and Sashi Kala have received praise for the great work they do. Druv and Sashi, who have been CrestClean franchisees since May 2012, clean a number of premises including Weymouth Primary School. Principal Saane Faaofo Oldehaver appreciates the effort the franchisee team
CrestClean has a strong commitment to training as a way of raising the standards of the commercial cleaning industry in New Zealand. All franchisees undergo three weeks of induction training when they purchase a franchise and free annual upskilling is also part of the Crest business. Annual upskilling that CrestClean
Continuing to cement CrestClean as New Zealand’s premier cleaning and franchise company is one of many future goals shared by Sam Lewis and Jacqui Hannagan. Based in Dunedin, Sam has been appointed General Manager of Franchise Services and Jacqui has been appointed General Manager of Admin Services. These recent appointments
Mortgage advisor Michael Walters is always on hand to help CrestClean franchisees. Michael, who joined Mortgage Link Otago in 2004, has worked closely with five CrestClean franchisees and helped them obtain mortgage and business loan funding. “Being self-employed, the franchisees require someone with experience in dealing with business financials and
“You can go as far as you want with Crest. We just put our heads down and went for it,” says Danish Sharma, who has owned a CrestClean franchise for five years. In that time, he and his wife, Aijita, have been able to grow their cleaning business to include
Rajesh Narayan was introduced to CrestClean by his younger brother, Viky Narayan, Crest’s Regional Manager for South and East Auckland. “When I came to New Zealand I was working for Sky TV and it was okay but I didn’t like the hours,” Raj recalls. “I was thinking of investing in
Principal Gavin Beere was just a couple of years into his tenure at South Auckland’s Hillpark School when he decided to take a critical look at the primary school’s cleaning services. “There’s one main reason why people look at cleaning operations,” he said recently during a presentation at CrestClean’s Masters
During student holidays, many CrestClean franchisees do special Term Cleans of the schools in their regions. This takes a more thorough “spring cleaning” approach that involves going the extra mile, with a full carpet cleaning and polishing of all hard floors in most cases. It can also be an opportunity