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Monday 15 October marks “Global Handwashing Day”. Crest Clean would like to remind the public that with politicians continually making their way around the country, it is essential to wash your hands after meeting them to prevent the spread of political handwringing. “In New Zealand we can joke about simple

To mark the 10th year cleaning Greenhithe School, CrestClean has donated $600 to the School Library. The School receives excellent service from franchise owners Maike Kiteao and Valaau Kiteao. On the Friday of Book Week, CrestClean personnel including Auckland Regional Directors Caroline Wedding and Dries Mangnus, and franchisees Maike and

A booming green sector is shown by the New River Green 50, NZ’s first definitive list of companies making money improving the environment. The Green 50 list ranks New Zealand companies helping the environment. With being awarded 11th place on the listing, CrestClean has been acknowledged as being a successful

As reported in the NZHerald – Thursday June 21, 2012 A major cleaning company is furious that it has been left waiting on an Employment Court decision for over a year because of a controversial piece of employment legislation. Dunedin based Crest Commercial Cleaning has called for a Ministerial Inquiry

We just had a phone call from an extremely appreciative gentleman. He was ringing to say that we have some pretty “Damn” good workers. Around 11.20am on Sunday morning, his daughter was coming out of Lynmore Primary School after a church service. Our Rotorua Franchisee Wesley Larey had just arrived

As reported in the nzherald.co.nz – May 7, 2012. There are many ridiculous measures of economic cycles, but the Playboy index is surely the silliest. American economists tracked booms and busts and matched the data with the bust-waist-hip ratio of Playboy models. They concluded that the vital statistics of a

CrestClean’s outstanding business model has been recognised in Singapore with an invitation for our Managing Director Grant McLauchlan to speak at ‘Frontiers of Franchising‘ on the 25th April.

Late last year Crest supplied key documents about how our franchise system works to the Franchise Association of New Zealand, to be assessed to see if our system and all agreements were fair and reasonable. In a letter received back in December it was confirmed that our documentation is in

CrestClean have become the first company to sponsor the the New Zealand Principals’ Federation new website which was redesigned and launched in December 2011. Crest Commercial Cleaning Ltd has sponsored the “News” section, which is one of the most  viewed parts of the website: see www.nzpf.ac.nz As a company we

Press Release 24/01/2012 New Zealand’s $1 billion commercial cleaning industry just took another step forward with CrestClean celebrating its 15 year anniversary by announcing ambitious growth plans in both New Zealand and Asia. “Today I am announcing that CrestClean will be creating up to 150 fulltime skilled jobs over the

As recently published in Idealog Magazine:     It’s hardly the favourite thing to do around the house, but outside of it, cleaning is big business. Just ask Grant McLauchlan of Dunedin business CrestClean. McLauchlan and his business partner, Rene Mangnus, bought a small Dunedin cleaning company in 1996 with

Sir Richard Branson is the entrepreneur responsible for the Virgin Group of companies. Billionaire adventurer and philanthropist, his companies employ 50,000 people across 30 countries with revenues exceeding US$18 Billion! The BNZ Bank has honored Crest Commercial Cleaning Ltd with an exclusive invite to the VIP banquet and cocktail function.