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  • Students thanked for designing CrestClean’s marmalade gift

    CrestClean customers have been “blown away” by a specially-commissioned Christmas gift from Auckland West Regional Manager Caroline Wedding. And it’s all thanks to students at Avondale Intermediate School, who set to work designing a unique presentation package for jars of the school’s popular homemade organic marmalade. It all started when

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  • Baby joy for proud new parents

    She’s truly a beautiful baby in more ways than one for her proud parents, Harnoor Kaur and Harsandeep Hundal. For when Harnoor was deciding on a name for her little bundle of joy she came across Humaira – which means “beautiful”. The North Harbour couple, who own a successful CrestClean

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  • Jacinda makes their day with selfies for CrestClean’s...

    Imagine getting the chance to snap a unique selfie with New Zealand’s Prime Minister. That’s just what happened to CrestClean’s Lakyn Taite-Allen and Mel Fearn, who grabbed the opportunity to get in the frame with Jacinda Ardern during her official visit to Nelson Airport. Lakyn and Mel were on duty

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  • CrestClean wins business excellence in health and safety...

    CrestClean’s Viky and Nileshna Narayan have scooped another prestigious business award just two weeks after picking up the title of Regional Master Franchisee of the Year. The couple, who look after the company’s Auckland South Region, won the Business Excellence in Health and Safety category at the annual Indian Newslink

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  • Couple take floor care in their stride with...

    Cleaning grubby floors from heavy foot traffic goes with the territory when you’re a school cleaner. But the extra effort put in by CrestClean couple Joy and Nilo Pombo to bring back a shine to the corridors at Ashburton Intermediate School has not gone unnoticed. Their hard work had been

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  • CrestClean business owner steps up as operations manager

    CrestClean business owner Pinakin Patel has stepped up to become the company’s Tauranga Operations Manager. Jan Lichtwark, Tauranga Regional Manager, says Pinakin was the obvious choice for the role. “He runs a very successful family franchise and has a huge amount of experience and knowledge from his 16 years in

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  • Principals are quick on the draw as RecycleKiwi...

    Senior teachers got some hands-on experience of CrestClean’s new education initiative that teaches kids about recycling. Spread over two separate days, members of the West Auckland Principals and the North Shore Principals’ Association attended a leadership day at Kumeu. During a break in proceedings, CrestClean’s Auckland West Regional Manager Caroline

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  • Experienced business owner steps up to lead Taranaki...

    When it comes to industry knowledge, CrestClean’s new Taranaki Regional Manager has bucket-loads of experience and enthusiasm. Naresh Mani, who has just relocated to New Plymouth from Auckland, has a strong belief in helping others. He enjoys sharing what he’s learnt with business owners starting their career in commercial cleaning.

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  • Customers impressed after visit by CrestClean carpet expert

    Reliability, robustness and a superior quality are the hallmarks of Italian manufacturing. So when it came to selecting the best carpet cleaning machine for his business, CrestClean’s Kelvin Walker knew that Italian-made was the only way to go. Since investing in the top of the range cleaner, Kelvin’s had some

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  • School embraces RecycleKiwi as resources rolled out

      CrestClean’s RecycleKiwi programme has really struck a chord with teachers at an Auckland school. After a RecycleKiwi resource pack was delivered to Red Beach School a “thank you” card was left for CrestClean business owner Naresh Mani, who takes care of the school’s cleaning. Red Beach teacher Lisa Davies

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  • Vehicle audit shows pride taken by CrestClean’s business...

    The high standard of vehicles presented for an official audit of fleet vehicles in Tauranga has been praised by CrestClean’s General Manager Franchise Services. Sam Lewis says it was another example of the owner-operators being proud of how they run their businesses. “It’s great to see franchisees taking a real

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  • Accountant’s cleaning business benefits whole family

    When she bought a CrestClean business 10 years ago Agnes Vasquez had her children’s future job prospects firmly in mind. Agnes, who at the time was working as an accountant at a large independent secondary school in Auckland, figured that by involving her teenage children in the new venture it

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