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  • Coaching Made Easy with LeslieRugby and CrestClean

    Even if you’ve played years of professional rugby for international unions and were Captain of Scotland, it doesn’t mean you know how to coach 7-year-olds. “When I turned up to manage and coach my son’s Under-7 team it was really disorganised,” recalls John Leslie, former Highlanders centre and one of

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  • Wiri Oil Shows Appreciation

    When CrestClean’s Regional Manager for South and East Auckland, Viky Narayan was called into the Wiri Oil Services office for a special meeting, he was concerned. Turns out, it was to see one of his franchisees receive top praise. As part of Wiri Oil’s performance management system, contractors who work

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  • Toilets – The Great Escape

    Just in case you need another reason to have clean toilets, here it is: turns out people are doing a lot more in there than the usual. A consumer study released by SCA, a hygiene products company, shows a surprising number of people use their workplace restrooms to eat, exercise,

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  • ‘Crest Gives Us Wings’

    Davendran and Prithi Nair thought they might never be able to buy a house. Originally from Fiji, they decided to purchase a CrestClean franchise because Prithi’s brother in law was in the business and they liked the idea of running their own franchise and being their own boss. After 10

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  • Technology the Topic at Crest’s Annual Conference

    For 2015, CrestClean explored the theme of “Embracing the Digital Future” for the annual Masters Conference. The yearly gathering brings all of Crest’s Regional Managers together with personnel from Admin Services and the marketing office and gives everyone a chance to catch up in person, learn what’s ahead for the

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  • King Tut Damage: The Cleaners Did it…Or Did...

    Sounds like the Egyptian National Museum needs competent cleaners they can trust. Mystery has always surrounded King Tut ever since the 1922 discovery of his elaborate tomb and remains, however the most recent controversy involves how the beard of his priceless gold death mask was broken off and shoddily repaired.

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  • Successful Second Year BICSc Audit

    Master Cleaners Training Institute has once again successfully completed the British Institute of Cleaning Science annual audit. BICSc International General Manager Colin Hanks travelled to New Zealand for 10 days to conduct the audit. Master Cleaners Training Institute was found to be fully compliant with all of the audit criteria.

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  • ‘Move to the Regions’ Success Moves up to...

    Prasun Acharya has been on the move ever since he joined CrestClean in 2013, in part due to CrestClean’s special “Move to the Regions” offer, which took him from renting in Auckland to living in Napier. He’s now moving to New Plymouth and moving on from being a Crest franchisee

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  • Happy Chinese New Year

    It’s the Lunar New Year in China and CrestClean wishes everyone a happy and prosperous Year of the Goat….or is it Sheep? Or Ram? There’s some confusion as the Mandarin word “yang” translates to “horned” animal and connotes all three possibilities. Whatever your horned animal affiliation, people born this year

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  • CrestClean Rides High at Opotiki Rodeo

    For 54 years, bronc riders, ropers, barrel racers, and other cowboys have gathered at what’s now being called the “CrestClean Opotiki Rodeo,” thanks to Whakatane franchisees Geoff and Di Price. This entrepreneurial CrestClean team, with support from the greater Crest company, have undertaken sponsorship of the popular local event for

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  • CrestClean Welcomes New Central Otago Regional Manager

    Welcome to the CrestClean team, James Dixon! As the new Regional Manager for Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago, James will be overseeing CrestClean’s operations in this growing area, which includes Alexandra, Cromwell and Queenstown. “I’m looking forward to getting stuck in, building the business and gaining new clients,” he says.

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  • School Holidays are a Time to Shine

    It’s the day before for the new term at Te Puke High School and Principal Alan Liddle says having CrestClean do a special Term Clean of every block makes a difference for returning staff and students. “Oh certainly, the school feels different after a Term Clean,” he says. “It’s one

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