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  • TV show features New...

      He’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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  • Principal’s run of good...

    Tauranga Girls' College Principal Tara Kanji receives a gift pack and cutting board from Jan Lichtwark, CrestClean’s Tauranga Regional Manager.

      A 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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  • New team shines bright...

    Yogeeta and Amidesh Singh with their children, Yashika, 3, and Amisha, 8.

      On 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...

    Claire and Bill Douglas with their 15 Year Service Award. The couple were the first CrestClean franchisees in Rotorua when they started their business in 2003.

      They 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...

    Rajinesh Prasad and Monisha Lata, who have been business owners for three years, receive their Certificate of Long Service from Grant McLauchlan, Crest’s Managing Director.

    Crest 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...

    Kamlesh Gounder receives his Certificate of Long Service from Grant McLauchlan, CrestClean’s Managing Director.

      When 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...

    Fomai Vaitupu with Tony and Nicky Kramers in the First Church of Otago at Dunedin where he is an elder and Secretary of the Samoan Congregation.

      He’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...

    William and Aroha Metuamate receive their long service award from Shareen Raj, CrestClean’s Palmerston North / Kapiti Coast Regional Manager.

      Her 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...

    Fiza Rahiman receives a Certificate of Achievement from the Master Cleaners Training Institute. Making the presentation is Dries Mangnus, CrestClean’s Auckland Central Regional Manager.

      His 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

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  • Buying a Crest business...

    Alistair and Mary McCormick receive their Certificate of Long Service from CrestClean Managing Director Grant McLauchlan.

    He’s just celebrated a decade with CrestClean but Alistair McCormick admits he has one big regret, “I wish I joined 10 years earlier”. He and his wife Mary say buying a Crest franchise changed their lives, bringing them financial stability with a guaranteed regular income after Alistair had been made

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  • Crest trainer is Franchisee...

    Kumaran Nair receives the Christchurch South Franchisee of the Year Award. With him are Gina Holland and Grant McLauchlan, Crest’s Managing Director.

    He’s a standout franchisee who has picked up a prestigious award for being the region’s top CrestClean business owner. Gina Holland, Crest’s Christchurch South Regional Manager, says Kumaran Nair had outshone others to win her region’s Franchisee of the Year title. But she has predicted that next year it will

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  • Crest builds on its...

    Randeep Singh receives a Certificate of Excellence award from CrestClean Managing Director Grant McLauchlan.

      Business is booming for CrestClean’s South Canterbury region as the company builds on its strong reputation for delivering an unrivalled service. “Last year was an amazing year – certainly the best we’ve ever had,” says Robert Glenie, Crest’s South Canterbury Regional Manager. The size of the CrestClean team has

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