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  • CrestClean shows its commitment to the healthcare sector...

    CrestClean recently attended the General Practice Conference and Medical Exhibition in Rotorua, signalling its ongoing commitment to the healthcare sector. It is the first time a cleaning company has had an exhibition stand at the event, which was run in conjunction with the New Zealand Medical Association and attended by

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  • Shareen celebrates seven successful years with CrestClean

    Shareen Singh and her son Sanil Narayan are celebrating seven successful years as CrestClean business owners. The Hutt Valley franchisees were proud to be presented with a 7-Year Long Service Award to celebrate the milestone. “Shareen is a valuable long-standing member of our Hutt Valley region.  Working with Shareen has

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  • Successes shared at Christchurch team meeting

    CrestClean’s Christchurch franchisees enjoyed catching up and sharing their successes with each other at the recent regional team meeting. Held at the Richmond Club, the meeting was attended by CrestClean Managing Director Grant McLauchlan and General Manager of Franchise Services Sam Lewis, who shared important updates and recognised franchisee achievements

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  • From $8.50 an hour to a multi-million dollar...

    When CrestClean’s North Harbour Master Franchisee Neil Kumar bought a cleaning franchise with his wife Rachel 16 years ago he wondered what he’d got himself into. At the time he was working during the day as a CNC operator, helping Rachel with the cleaning in the evenings, and had no

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  • Nelson and Blenheim Team Meetings "overwhelmingly positive"

    Positive, upbeat and celebratory — that’s how franchisees described CrestClean’s recent Regional Team Meetings in Nelson and Blenheim. “Everyone was very complimentary about the meetings. An overwhelming number of people told me that they found them really positive,” says Nelson and Blenheim Operations Manager Violet-Rose Palmer. The meetings, held at

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  • Franchisees celebrate each other's success at Invercargill team...

    CrestClean’s Invercargill franchisees were proud to be acknowledged for both length of service and newly acquired skills at this year’s Regional Team Meeting. There were a number of long service awards and certificates of achievement outstanding from the last year, which were presented together with this year’s accomplishments. “The team

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  • South Canterbury franchisees put their best foot forward...

    Could these be CrestClean’s sharpest dressers?! In South Canterbury there is an ‘unofficial’ competition amongst franchisees for best dressed at the annual regional team meeting, and this year they did not disappoint. All 21 teams who attended the 2022 team meeting took great pride in turning up in their CrestClean

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  • Yasa reaches new heights with CrestClean

    When he was a boy, Yasa Panagoda dreamed of becoming a pilot. He achieved that goal and then he went on to set and achieve new goals — with CrestClean. It has been 10 years since Yasa joined the company as the Regional Manager for Christchurch North, in which time

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  • Taranaki franchisees celebrate 5-Year milestone!

    Five years after moving to New Plymouth and starting their CrestClean business, there is no looking back for Vrinda Nautiyal and Sandeep Sharma. The couple are proud to have been presented with a 5-Year Long Service Award and are loving their new life in Taranaki. Vrinda and Sandeep moved from

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  • CrestClean achieves 27% growth in Taranaki region

    CrestClean’s Taranaki franchisees celebrated another successful year at their annual team meeting, with news that the region has grown by more than a quarter over the past year. “The meeting went really well, with lots of positivity from the franchise teams,” says Taranaki Regional Manager Naresh Mani. “We had another

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  • Lesson in recycling captures kids' imagination

    It was back to the classroom for CrestClean’s Auckland South Regional Director Viky Narayan when he spent the morning at Ormiston Primary School giving a lesson on recycling. Viky’s daughter Aanaya, 7, attends the school and he visited her class after her teacher expressed an interest in CrestClean’s RecycleKiwi programme,

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  • CrestClean reconnects with educators at Waikato Principals' Association...

    It was great to be back amongst it at the Waikato Principals’ Association Conference! It’s been a while since we’ve been able to catch up with principals in the region, with this being the first get-together since last year’s Covid lockdowns. The conference is usually held every term, and CrestClean

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