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  • Invercargill Planning Ahead – Way Ahead

    Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft appears to be future proofing his region’s business. In the past two months, two franchisees from the team have given birth. Jackie Batoy has a new baby boy named Anthony Junior and Julie Cacdac has a daughter named Lovi. To celebrate the births, Glenn presented

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  • Onus on Principals Under New Health and Safety...

    New Health and Safety legislation places clear onus on School Principals as “Officers” of their organisations. The Government’s proposed Health and Safety Reform Bill, due to come into effect in April 2015, attempts to clearly define a set of “Positive Due Diligence” actions to be demonstrated by “Officers” of an

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  • New Skills for New Franchisees

    The ability to learn new skills in order to provide a range of services to customers is just one part of growing a successful CrestClean business. Some new franchisees get the opportunity to jump right into the more skilled services by attending the required training courses early in their careers

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  • It's Global Handwashing Day

    We practice everyday for this! C’mon… give us a hand to celebrate and build awareness of Global Handwashing Day – today, the 15th of October. It’s a great time to remind the folk around you, especially kids, about the importance of clean hands. There’s lots of information about Global Handwashing

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  • Master Cleaners Training Institute Receives Careerforce Validation

    The NZQA-accredited Industry Training Organisation, Careerforce, has validated the training and assessment programme used by CrestClean to prepare our personnel for work in the commercial cleaning industry. The validation was a result of Careerforce’s review of training and educational material used by Master Cleaners Training Institute and already approved by

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  • Fun and Games at the NZPF Conference

    Holding the annual conference for the New Zealand Principals’ Federation at ILT Stadium Southland, home to New Zealand’s first indoor velodrome, was an inspiration for Glenn Cockroft, CrestClean’s Invercargill Regional Manager. “I used to have a bike shop years ago in Invercargill and I had some bicycles that I thought

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  • CrestClean Goes Big for Conference

    CrestClean made sure to put on a good show for their seventh year attending the New Zealand Principals’ Federation annual conference with a prominent exhibitor’s booth and giveaways including an LCD TV and 27 rugby balls. Crest’s stand was a hit with delegates. The three-day event, which draws principals and

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  • Wellington Welcomes New Regional Director Richard Brodie

    A new Regional Director for Wellington, Richard Brodie, has joined the CrestClean team. He brings several years of business management and customer service experience with him and is looking forward to adding to the region’s many successes. Richard is taking over for Andrew Alleway, who joined CrestClean five years ago

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  • Two Hours = Germs Everywhere

    That’s the verdict of a recent study from a team led by Dr Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, Tucson. The New Zealand Herald reported the findings yesterday, which were unveiled at a conference in Washington, DC. The study provides new insight into just how quickly a

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  • New Regional Director Already Among Friends in Christchurch

    CrestClean is pleased to announce a new Regional Director for Christchurch South, Kiri James, has joined the team. Born and bred in Christchurch, Kiri brings years of sales, management and commercial cleaning experience to CrestClean. She was previously Kimberly-Clark’s Regional Sales Manager for the South Island and, prior to that,

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  • Dunedin Digs Deep for Fellow Franchisee

    Dunedin Franchisees have given generously to assist a fellow Franchisee, John Corboy, while he undergoes invasive liver surgery. Tony Kramers, CrestClean’s Regional Director for Dunedin and Central Otago, circulated the story among his franchisees and raised $1350 in cash donations for John, who will be unable to work for at

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  • CrestClean’s 3000th Customer!

    CrestClean is pleased to announce there are now over 3000 customers who have chosen our services – and counting, with new clients coming on board in every region, every day. CrestClean marked the milestone by recognising our 3000th customer – ABC Blenheim Central Daycare – with a special gift basket

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