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CrestClean has won a Sustained Growth Award from Deloitte Fast 50, an annual index ranking the top 50 businesses in New Zealand according to their revenue growth over the past three years. It was presented during the Otago and Lower South Island regional award ceremony on 1 October, and accepted

In Tauranga, all the franchisees new to CrestClean in the past four months are now also fully trained in Hard Floor Care. “I tell all my franchisees they need this skill if they’re going to be doing any sort of floor care,” says Jan Lichtwark, Regional Director for Tauranga. “Some

For the past six years, CrestClean franchisees Khaled and Zeynab Khaled have been providing cleaning services for Express Data Limited’s head office in Mount Wellington, Auckland. As a way to recognise and show appreciation for one of their longstanding customers, the Khaleds decided to provide morning tea for the staff

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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