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• Like One Big Family

  

  For 18 years, Faleni Apati had a fine skilled trade as a welder, however when his wife’s uncle offered him a partnership in a West Auckland CrestClean franchise, he decided to give it a try. Seven years later, he says he enjoys cleaning as much as he did welding. “If

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• Health and Safety Clean Sweep

  

  Health and Safety inductions for large, complex workplaces can be very involved, especially when two different company policies come together. However, for CrestClean and Villa Maria, it’s been a smooth process, even on the verge of New Zealand’s new WorkSafe law coming into play. Three South Auckland CrestClean Teams are

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• Workforce Development Creates New Opport...

  

  Franchisees in Hawkes Bay are hoping to improve their business management skills through a special programme with Workforce Development. Communications, computers, business development, how to complete forms and meet deadlines, and improving English skills, are all part of the specially designed course. “We’ve had three sessions with Angela Sparks and

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• Wellington’s First Franchisees Reach F...

  

  The Wellington region’s first three CrestClean franchisees have been honoured with their Five Year Long Service Awards. The veteran franchisees were awarded their certificates during the area’s Annual Team Meeting with Managing Director Grant McLauchlan. Wellington’s Regional Director Andrew Alleway says it’s a good sign for Crest to see his

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• Crest Helps Customers with Consumable Hy...

  

  Customers are now able to purchase consumable products, such as hand soaps and sanitisers, toilet tissue, and bin liners, directly from Crest’s new catalogue of goods, called “Workplace Hygiene Consumable Products.” This retail catalogue makes it easier to keep workplaces well-stocked by having these necessities resupplied automatically and simply added

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• Hawkes Bay Scrubs Up

  

  It’s an entirely different experience cleaning at Royston Hospital for Hawkes Bay Franchisee Sophie Chase and her CrestClean team. In order to meet the health regulations of the private hospital they must use site specific equipment, wear special sterile hats, pants, tops and booties, and have regular audits and constant communication

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• Competition Heating Up for Cleanest Clas...

  

  Students in Room 9 managed to beat the competition for Cleanest Classroom at Rangikura School in Porirua and got to chow down on pizzas as their reward. Wellington Crest Franchisee Jiten Narayan and his team clean the Rangikura School and awarded the prize pizzas to the students. “The kids are

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• Ten Years for Rajesh and Paidammi

  

  It’s been ten years of growth and change for Rajesh and Paidammi Mani and CrestClean. “When I started it was just you and the mop and the bucket,” Rajesh says of his early days with the company. “Now there is more training and new chemicals and machines making it much

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• CrestClean Gets Tag of Approval

  

  As part of CrestClean’s commitment to safety and compliance for franchisees and clients, all electrical equipment, such as vacuums and floor polishing machines, must be tested and tagged every six months. While Crest usually contracts out routine testing, one entrepreneurial franchisee has brought Test and Tag capabilities in-house. North Harbour

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• Still Excited 11 Years On

  

  After 11 years with CrestClean, Bill Douglas says, “I still get excited about it all.” Originally a franchisee and now Regional Director for Rotorua, Taupo and Whakatane, he says when he initially opened doors in Whakatane in 2010 he was unfazed by Crest’s anonymity there. His first job was small,

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• CrestClean becomes Gold Partner of NZPF

  

  CrestClean has increased its annual sponsorship of the New Zealand Principals’ Federation from Bronze to Gold Partner. Crest has been supporting the Principals’ Federation since 2008. The move to Gold level sponsorship was based on the importance of our relationship with schools, something that is ingrained in the culture of

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• Crest Directors Clean Up at Conference

  

  The New Zealand Catholic Principals’ Association Conference on 26-27th June was a great success for CrestClean, says Steve O’Connell, Regional Director for Kapiti Coast and Palmerston North. “We’ve established several good connections for areas throughout New Zealand, especially in Christchurch, Hawkes Bay, and Wellington regions,” says Steve. Regional Director for

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