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  • Biking keeps Ranjodh ‘fit for work’

    Cleaning is a workout in itself, but when Rotorua franchisee Ranjodh Singh wants to go the extra mile, he gets on his bike. “Working in the cleaning industry, you are using the same muscles each night. Sometimes the body gets stiff and it needs something to bounce back again. Biking

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  • Pravin and Suman celebrate 15 years with CrestClean

    Pravin and Suman Chandra came to New Zealand from Fiji with “almost nothing”, but now they are proud to own a successful business and two properties. The Auckland couple became CrestClean franchisees in 2007, three years after moving to New Zealand, and a year later they were able to purchase

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  • Ex-restauranteurs say CrestClean is the recipe for success

    Ramesh moved to New Zealand from India 24 years ago, to work as a chef. Four years later, Shri emigrated from Fiji with her parents, and the couple met while working at the same restaurant. “He came here to work and earn money, and go back to India, but he

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  • DJ Forbes celebrates success with CrestClean franchisees at...

    More than 75 years of CrestClean business success was celebrated at a special ‘Pasifika’ event, where the guest speaker was rugby sevens legend DJ Forbes. The former rugby union player and captain of the All Blacks Sevens team presented Long Service Awards to 10 Auckland West franchise teams, congratulating them

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  • Daniel takes a step up the property ladder...

    With a new 5-bedroom home on Auckland’s picturesque Whangaparaoa Peninsula, and his weekends free to spend with his family, CrestClean franchisee Daniel Park couldn’t be happier. “I really enjoy fishing as a hobby, so I bought a small boat for my son and I. We sometimes go fishing on the

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  • Kamal provides unsinkable cleaning service for 21 years!

    When it comes to keeping the workplace clean and hygienic, you could say that Kamal Jeet Singh is RFD Limited’s lifejacket! The CrestClean franchisee has been providing a cleaning service to the Auckland marine safety equipment firm for almost 21 years, and they have no plans to change cleaners any

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  • Auckland West franchisees celebrate over a cuppa

    It’s important to “take time out and smell the coffee”, says Caro Wedding, CrestClean’s Auckland West Regional Master Franchisee. So, when four franchise teams in the region clocked up 18 years’ experience between them, she took them out to a café to celebrate. Long Service Awards were presented to Nilesh

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  • Filipino university friends reunite in New Zealand

    From a country of 115 million to small-town New Zealand… after meeting at university in the Philippines, four friends have ended up in Canterbury together as CrestClean franchisees. Joy and Nilo Pombo and Ian and Vivian Abuyabor met in the early 2000s when they were studying veterinary science, at what

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  • Tauranga and Whakatāne teams celebrated at annual party

    Congratulations to all the Tauranga and Whakatāne franchise teams who have received annual regional awards for 2022. Due to the growth of the region and high calibre of franchisees, it was difficult to choose just one recipient for each of the awards so, in some cases, Regional Master Franchisee Jan

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  • CrestClean franchisees buy dream home after business doubles...

    Five years after starting their CrestClean business, Chetankumar and Rajeshriben Patel have plenty to celebrate. Having more than doubled the size of their business, the Auckland West franchisees have bought their “dream home” and are enjoying the satisfaction of ‘being their own bosses’. “We are so happy. We have a

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  • Resham & Gurjit celebrate 20 years with CrestClean!

    Resham Singh grew up on a pineapple farm in Fiji — his father, who is in his 80s, still lives on the farm and Resham is fortunate to visit him a couple of times a year. But, having left Fiji 20 years ago, Resham now lives a very different life.

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  • Tara and John celebrate 3 years with CrestClean!

    Congratulations to Auckland West franchisees John Ikitogia and Tara Tere, who have received a 3-Year Long Service Award from CrestClean. The couple were presented with the award by one of their happy customers, Boaz Peach, who is the branch manager of Plumbing World New Lynn. John and Tara have been

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