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• Crest earns Environmental Choice endorse...

  

  CrestClean has been given Environmental Choice certification for adopting sustainable practices as the company bolsters its standing in the country’s commercial cleaning industry by gaining a prestigious environmental accreditation. Managing Director Grant McLauchlan said being able to display the Environmental Choice Label was further endorsement of Crest’s commitment to its

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• Kids get a kick out of Crest rugby balls

  

  Leslie Rugby balls have found a great home in a remote village on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa. They were given to some young boys living in Aoa Village who were friendly to CrestClean’s former Communications Executive Amanda Witherell and her partner, Brian, who are travelling around the

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• Kids won over by Cleanest Classroom comp...

  

  Kids cleaned up their act in a spectacular fashion after a unique Crest competition to foster pride was introduced throughout the school. CrestClean franchisees Titus Samuel and his wife Priyanka were at their wits’ end over the state the classrooms were being left in at Bamford School in Christchurch. Cleaning

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• How your vehicle can promote your busine...

  

  Here’s a polished performer whose high standards extend to ensuring his Crest car is always sparkling clean and tidy. And that attention to detail with his business vehicle can have some unexpected bonuses, said the switched-on Hamilton franchisee. Jobanpreet Singh says his car helps showcase his business – and he

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• Filipino Society honours CrestClean fran...

  

  Southland Filipino Society has honoured CrestClean’s Filipino franchisees by presenting them with Certificates of Achievement. The presentation was made at the organisation’s annual end-of-year function, which was attended by Crest’s Southland Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft. The certificates were to recognise the successes achieved by the large number of Filipino people

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• Determined duo achieve homeownership dre...

  

  Meet two high-flying franchisees who’ve shown how determination and hard work can reap rich rewards in more ways than one. Dan and Madhu Pariachi’s CrestClean business is booming and they’ve now been able to purchase a place of their own – something that just a couple of years ago would

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• Franchisees commended at festive get tog...

  

  The annual get together for Crest’s Taranaki personnel was a time to kick back and enjoy some festive eats – but it was also an occasion to celebrate another successful year. In his address to franchisees, Regional Manager Prasun Acharya paid tribute to the dedication and hard work of his

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• Family ceremony honours new baby boy

  

  Diversity is certainly the name of the game with Crest’s franchisees representing more than 30 individual nationalities. And that richness in culture particularly resonates with Crest’s Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft, who enjoys the close working relationships with his franchisees and said Crest truly felt like a “league of all

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• Crest wins praise for high-quality work

  

  A senior manager is singing the praises of CrestClean and its personnel for the high standard of work carried out at his company. Gary Kirkland-Smith, Health, Safety, Security and Environment Manager at Wiri Oil Services, said having good cleaners was paramount for the company. “It’s very important and we can

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• From freezing worker to business owner

  

  The daily toil of his job at the local freezing works meant Ashitosh Prasad had to put a dream of owning his own business on ice. Long and unsocial hours, often finishing at 2am, meant there was precious little time left for family life and seeing his baby daughter. But

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• Crest sweeps up school customers as busi...

  

  Schools are close to the heart of Crest’s Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft. He’s proud that Crest now holds the majority of cleaning contracts for all the schools in the area. And it’s a major achievement for Glenn and a further endorsement for Crest’s reputation as a cleaning company that

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• Globetrotting planned to celebrate 10 ye...

  

  Rakesh Bhan credits his strong Christian faith and some divine intervention for paving the way when he fled Fiji with his wife and young daughter as civil unrest gripped the Pacific island nation. The family came to New Zealand 2001 and now 16 years on life has never been better, says Rakesh

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