27 Years
Term one Cleanest Classroom winners shine across Mid and South Canterbury
Students across Mid and South Canterbury have kicked off the year on a high note, with classrooms going the extra mile to keep their learning spaces clean and tidy. As part of CrestClean’s popular Cleanest Classroom programme, schools throughout the region took part in a friendly competition during Term One,
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Final assessment sees CrestClean personn...
FULL STORYHealth and safety came under close scrutiny for CrestClean personnel being assessed as part of their final training to become competent cleaners. The Invercargill team members were attending a Module 2 course delivered by Ashneer Datt on behalf of the acclaimed Master Cleaners Training Institute. Also on hand was
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TV show features New Zealand’s ‘happ...
FULL STORYHe’s been dubbed New Zealand’s happiest cleaner and there’s no mistaking that Cicero Calzada loves his work – the evidence being loud and clear. The CrestClean business owner, who just can’t resist breaking into song at every opportunity, appeared on TV Three’s The Project in the show’s weekly roundup
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Business owners support athlete’s bid ...
FULL STORYCaring CrestClean couple Linda and Colin Bartlett have helped to pave the way for a preschool teacher to represent New Zealand in Spain at an international athletics event. Thanks to the generous support of Motueka locals, Joeline Jones is now on track to attend the World Masters Track and
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Principal’s run of good fortune extend...
FULL STORYA Tauranga principal’s phenomenal run of good luck was extended after she visited the CrestClean stand at an education conference. Tara Kanji couldn’t believe it after learning she had scooped a luxury gift set of kitchen goodies after entering a prize draw. Hundreds of delegates to the New Zealand
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Beat that! Globetrotting chef has longes...
FULL STORYIf CrestClean looked to find which of its business owners has the longest commute the red hot favourite would surely be globetrotting chef Lalith Degambada. As well as owning a cleaning franchise in Rotorua, Lalith’s talents in the kitchen are in high demand at Sydney’s prestigious International Convention Centre,
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New team shines bright with award
FULL STORYOn the living room wall of Yogeeta and Amidesh Singh’s Auckland home there is a certificate that’s testament to her commitment of gaining a bachelor in education degree. Alongside the graduation award will soon hang another framed certificate – a Certificate of Excellence from CrestClean. The award is not
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Pioneering couple clock up 15 years’ s...
FULL STORYThey were Crest pioneers after becoming the company’s first franchisees in Rotorua 15 years ago. Bill and Claire Douglas threw themselves into the work, learning on the job as they picked up more customers in the central North Island tourist city. They were so busy it left precious little
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CrestClean business owners honoured at a...
FULL STORYCrest business owners received awards at the company’s recent annual team meeting in Christchurch. Among the recipients were Rajinesh Prasad and his wife Monisha Lata, who were presented with a Certificate of Long Service. It’s been a busy 12 months for Rajinesh, who earlier this year was “fast tracked” to
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Couple who tripled size of business cele...
FULL STORYWhen Kamlesh Gounder quit his management job at the Warehouse to go fulltime with his Crest business he felt a real sense of freedom, he says. That decision is something he hasn’t looked back on, his franchise having more than tripled in size, with Kamlesh and his wife Purnima
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Flexible working hours means plenty of t...
FULL STORYHe’s just a few days away from being eligible to draw the pension but Fomai Vaitupu won’t entertain any thoughts of hanging up his cleaning gear. “I’ll be working in Crest for as long as I can stand up,” was the quick-fire answer when CrestClean bosses asked what his
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They’ve joined Crest’s $100K Club
FULL STORYHer CrestClean business was trucking along nicely – but it’s really taken off since she got her lorry driver husband on board. Aroha Metuamate has more than doubled the size of her franchise since William quit his day job. The couple have now joined other franchisees who are in
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Fiza has the last laugh as mates see his...
FULL STORYHis friends were quick to poke fun at him when he told them he’d bought a cleaning franchise. “When I joined CrestClean my friends laughed at me,” Fiza Rahiman says, recalling the cruel comments from mates who would later be forced to eat their words. “They told me that