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  • Electric van pays off for Waikato franchisee

    It’s a clean, green, money-saving machine! Narend Kumar has become the first Waikato franchisee to use a fully electric van for his CrestClean business, and says there’s no looking back. The 2018 Reanult Kangoo is saving him $1000 a month in fuel and operating costs, while also helping to save

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  • CrestClean to the rescue during Auckland floods!

    Not all heroes wear capes… some wear blue and green and come to the rescue with a carpet cleaning machine. CrestClean carpet cleaning teams in Auckland have been busy helping flood ravaged businesses to get back up and running by removing sludge and water from their office floors. Auckland West

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  • CrestClean franchisee sets his sights on growing million-dollar...

    Look after your staff and your customers, and the business will look after itself. That is Auckland CrestClean franchisee Sri Gunasingam’s approach to running his business, and for him it has been a winning formula. Sri has the largest CrestClean franchise in the country, with 15 staff and a turnover

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  • Meet CrestClean’s Carpet Cleaning experts

    CrestClean has two new Carpet Cleaning Trainers, after franchisees Fiza Rahiman and Mohammed Ashad successfully completed the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) Carpet Cleaning Technicians course. As trainers for CrestClean’s Master Cleaners Training Institute (MCTI), they are responsible for training franchisees throughout New Zealand on how to

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  • “He’s our CrestClean baby!”

    Jezka and John Jadulos call their 2-month-old son, Jaxon, their “CrestClean baby” because he was born the same week they started their cleaning business. “It was funny because when I was doing my cleaning training, I was pregnant and a few weeks later Jaxon was born,” says Jezka. The couple

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  • ‘Crestmas’ celebration enjoyed by Dunedin franchisees

    Cookies, candles, crackers and Christmas cuisine made for a very merry ‘Crestmas’ celebration in Dunedin. Franchisees and their families enjoyed an end-of-year Christmas party at the Pirates Rugby Club where they shared a festive grazing platter, which included custom-made cookies, reindeer cupcakes and a selection of other sweet and savoury

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  • Santa helps CrestClean reward tidy Kiwis at Randwick...

    At Christmas, children around the world leave cookies and milk out for Santa, but at Randwick Park School it was Santa who treated the kids to a tasty snack. When CrestClean franchisees Reginald and Shafneez Chand visited the school to reward ‘Cleanest Classroom’ winners with pizza, Reginald thought it would

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  • Christmas cheer from the classroom!

    A colourful Christmas card signed by junior pupils at Te Matauru Primary School in Rangiora was the perfect way to end the term for CrestClean franchisee Nisar Kaskar. “It was a big surprise, we weren’t expecting it!” says Nisar. “We appreciate the effort the kids have gone to, and we

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  • Rain fails to put a dampener on festivities...

    A wet December has resulted in the cancellation of festive events across the country but a few hardy South Canterbury franchisees weren’t going to let their annual Christmas party be a washout. Despite it being a grey, drizzly day, around 20 franchisees and their families braved the summer showers to

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  • Cultures combine for Christmas fun

    With delicious dishes from around the world it was a very multicultural Christmas party for CrestClean’s Christchurch North franchisees. However, the activities were decidedly Kiwi, with a flying fox, tubing, a water slide and bushwalks. The annual event was held at the Omaka Scout Camp, where children even got the

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  • Santa makes special appearance at CrestClean’s Invercargill Christmas...

    Invercargill franchisees and their families enjoyed a day of fun and festivities at the region’s annual Christmas party, with Santa making a special appearance, arriving in a police patrol car and delivering gifts to the children. The event was hosted by Invercargill Regional Master Franchisee Glenn Cockroft, with the patrol

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  • CrestClean franchisees celebrate long service with Bunnings

    When Ajit and Alka Bhonsle started their CrestClean business, their first customer was Bunnings… so when it came time for them to celebrate seven years’ long service it was the perfect location for them to receive their award! Natalie Masoe, who is the store manager at the Bunnings Avondale Trade

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