One of the biggest reasons CrestClean delivers such consistently high standards comes down to the fact that our franchisees are owner-operators. They’re not just turning up to do a job, they’re running their own business, and every result has their name on it. That ownership shapes how they approach their

Nitasha started out a very shy person. Over the years she went between volunteering behind the scenes at a small school and running courses through another organisation. This helped build her confidence to a much better level and she was finally able to get through an interview (the hardest part

What is a Franchise? A simple explanation of a franchise is that it is a licence granted by the owner of a business (the franchisor) to allow other parties (franchisees) to operate a business selling products or services under the franchisor’s brand name and using the franchisor’s business and marketing

It was a rewarding day for a group of Crest Auckland Franchisees when they were presented with their certificates for the NZQA Limited Credit Programme in Cleaning recently at Ellerslie. Already 142 of over 200 Crest Franchisees have completed course one and 75 have completed the Limited Credit Programme in

The Franchise Association of New Zealand Inc Code of Practice sets out specific procedures and recommendations for many aspects of franchising which must be followed by members of the Association. The Rules of the Association and the Franchising Code of Practice are to be interpreted in the spirit of the Code of Ethics.
Because of concern in the cleaning industry about the low wages and poor conditions applied to employees of some unscrupulous cleaning companies, Crest wishes to make any potential customers aware that our personnel are paid and provided with a very “fair deal”, well above any industry averages. As a company,

IT WASN’T THE YEAR for Crest Commercial Cleaners but boy, did the cleaning franchise come close with growth of 134% just outside the threshold, of just a whisker under 140%. That will be tough to take as it’s Crest’s highest growth rate since the Fast 50 began. In 2001, it

Awards Judge Warwick Grey says master franchisee Dennis Gilderdale of Crest Commercial Cleaning in Hamilton stood out as being the top master franchisee in New Zealand for a number of reasons. “Dennis Gilderdale has well developed systems and has developed firm relationships with franchisees and their customers. He represents a