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• CrestClean turns 20 today!

  

  Let’s celebrate our big birthday… Crest was launched in 1996, at a time when there was opportunity for change in New Zealand’s cleaning industry. Our vision was to develop a proprietary franchise system with innovative business processes designed to capture a large market share by enhancing service levels. Twenty prosperous

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• Our people helping to celebrate 20 years

  

  Today marks a very special milestone anniversary for CrestClean – but it’s really just the beginning of a very exciting year ahead. This is our big celebration year and today we’re gearing up for a fantastic 12 months of special events and activities to mark CrestClean’s remarkable success story. We’ll

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• Annual get together sees franchisees pra...

  

  Christmas came early when the hard work and dedication of Crest personnel was rewarded at a special Invercargill party. Southland’s Franchisee of The Year was recognised at the end of year celebrations for all the teams in the city. Attended by almost 100 people, including family and partners, this year’s

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• Filipino couple create a little bit of C...

  

  Niza and Fredie Dela Cruz feel a sense of pride in that they have helped to make a little bit of history for Crest in the Waikato. Throughout New Zealand CrestClean has 34 different nationalities represented among our franchisees. And although there are Filipinos in other Crest regions throughout the

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• Cleanest classroom competition sees big ...

  

  Eager children at Balclutha’s Rosebank School went on a clean-up crusade after Crest franchisee Farina Shah spoke at morning assembly. When the youngsters heard about Crest’s Cleanest Classroom Award the eager youngsters couldn’t wait to get started. Farina was joined by Antoine Zoghbi, Crest’s Otago and Southland Quality Assurance Co-ordinator.

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• Praise for our reigning school team

  

  > Kind-hearted CrestClean team members happily rose to the occasion when the heavens opened and a school’s community event was lashed by driving rain. It was a frantic day of constant mopping up and cleaning for franchisee Ram Kumar and his willing workers – but it was also a day

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• He’s a polished performer at those swe...

  

  Jan Lichtwark’s more at home behind the wheel of his beloved Holden Colorado with the powerful grunt of a 2.8 turbo motor under the bonnet and its sleek lines oozing style and sophistication. But Crest’s Tauranga Regional Manager was happy to drop down a gear and swap seats to take the

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• Doing the hard yards pays off for Prasun

  

  Right now it’s just a timber frame on a concrete base several months from completion – but in his mind’s eye Prasun Acharya can already picture the stunning vista he’ll wake up to each day. For Prasun and his wife Diksha are thrilled by their change in fortune since they

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• Crest praised after quake-hit town’s s...

  

  A primary school in a quake-hit north Canterbury township has been able to reopen after a helping hand from CrestClean personnel. Waiau School Principal Mary Kimber has praised Crest, saying it was through the “hard work of the cleaners that we are able to reopen this school”. The 139-year-old school

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• Training bar set high but franchisees ex...

  

  The bar was set high for Tauranga franchisees when they came under the eagle eye of Adam Hodge. They were given practical tasks to test their competency in order to obtain a Certificate in Commercial Cleaning awarded by the Master Cleaners Training Institute. Adam, the institute’s CEO, was overseeing the

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• Sky’s the limit for would-be franchise...

  

  Questions came thick and fast for Crest’s National Sales and Relocation Manager Chris Barker when he hosted a Timaru seminar. Prospective franchisees quizzed Chris on a variety of topics after he highlighted the great opportunities offered by Crest to become a small business owner as the company goes from strength

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• Banker-turned-franchisee enjoys his new ...

  

  When Richard Kemm decided to quit his senior job with a major bank he had done his homework and was confident joining Crest was the right move. Richard was a Business Banking Manager for an ANZ branch in Hamilton and a number of his clients were CrestClean franchisees. And the

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