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  • All-of-Government pricing, recycling and fogging are hot topics...

    CrestClean was warmly received at the New Zealand Principals’ Federation’s Conference 2021 in Rotorua this week. It was the 13th year CrestClean had attended the conference, having provided sponsorship since 2008, and been a Gold Business Partner since 2014. Managing Director Grant McLauchlan says it was a great atmosphere, with

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  • Road to success for former travelling salesman

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    Tauranga franchisee Malcolm Brown celebrated two milestones this year — his 60th birthday and 5 years with CrestClean! Malcolm says there is much to celebrate, as it was owning a CrestClean business that enabled him to turn his life around, proving it’s never too late to make a fresh start

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  • Home ownership dream comes true for South Auckland...

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    South Auckland franchisees Ravin Prakash and Kamna Roy are excited to finally own their own home — but no-one is more excited than their four-year-old son, Ravnik, who now has his own playroom! “He goes in there and plays with his toys. He likes it so much he won’t let

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  • Hawkes Bay franchisee reaches new heights

    Man gives thumbs up after skydive.

    The sky really is the limit for CrestClean franchisee Royce Park. The successful Hawkes Bay businessman and father of four recently took to the skies to fulfil a long-held dream of jumping out of a plane. “It was on my bucket list. I’ve wanted to do it for a long

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  • North Harbour franchisees power into cleaning at Electrix

    Cleaners stand alongside happy customers.

    Electrix Ltd has an important role to play in powering New Zealand, but when it comes to keeping their offices spic and span their cleaning powerhouse is husband-and-wife team Rameshwar Sharma and Rasmi Lata. The North Harbour CrestClean franchisees have been cleaning Electrix’s Auckland offices for the past three years

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  • CrestClean Open Day Success

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    Inspirational success stories were shared, snacks enjoyed and kids entertained at CrestClean’s first ever Franchise Open Day. The fun and informative event was held at Greenhithe School in Auckland, with CrestClean business owners speaking about how owning a CrestClean franchise has changed their lives. Auckland West Regional Manager Caro Wedding

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  • North Harbour franchisees leap into home ownership

    Cleaners jump in the air outside their new home.

    Just one year after buying a CrestClean business, Rizwan Khan and Fazia Ali are jumping for joy. The success of their business has enabled the North Harbour franchisees to buy their first home, a beautiful, near-new, five-bedroom property. “We’re pretty shocked that we have done this in such a small

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  • Stratford’s first CrestClean franchisees!

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    Taranaki franchisees Taraneti and Uetire Boueka will soon become Stratford’s first CrestClean team. The couple, who currently live half an hour away in Waitara, already have customers in Stratford and are looking forward to moving to the small rural town. “It seems nice and quiet, which is good because I

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  • Canterbury principals show healthy interest in Anti-Viral Sanitiser

    With winter bugs starting to make their presence known, CrestClean’s Anti-Viral Sanitiser was a winner at the recent Canterbury Primary Principals’ Association Leadership Conference. Samples of the Anti-Viral Sanitiser were included in CrestClean goodie bags, together with hand sanitiser and microfibre cloths. “We gave out 200 goodie bags and people

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  • School celebrates CrestClean franchisee on ‘Support Staff Day’

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    “To sum her up in one word — outstanding!” That’s what Bellevue School’s acting principal Annette Borgonje had to say about CrestClean franchisee Viyada Corbett. Viyada has been cleaning at the Wellington primary school for the three years and Annette says she “can’t fault her on a thing”. “The cleaning

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  • Cleaning and friendship the key to success for...

    Cleaners cleaning an office space.

    Lalita Devi and Dharam Singh make friends wherever they go — and their customers are no exception! The Wellington couple have been cleaning one public sector agency office since they bought their CrestClean franchise eight years ago and say the staff there are “like family”. “They are really friendly and

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  • RecycleKiwi popular with Waikato principals

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    CrestClean’s free RecycleKiwi resources were a big hit at the latest Waikato Principals Association’s quarterly conference. “RecycleKiwi is quite a hot cake at the moment. All the resource packs we took to the conference were snapped up!” says Waikato Regional Manager Nivitesh Kumar. The packs, which contain waste separation bin

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