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  • Be part of Crest’s photo quest

    Crest doesn’t have the contract to clean France’s iconic Eiffel Tower – well, not just yet! While it might be a tall order right now, franchisees Anthony and Jackie Batoy left visitors to the famous Paris landmark in no doubt that the CrestClean team was in town. Wearing their eye-catching

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  • Thumbs up for Crest PropertyCare

    CrestClean’s Caroline Wedding (left) puts on a morning tea. With her is caretaker Thang Hlawnceu and Windy Ridge School staff Sarah Turner, Brenda McPherson, Amanda Hurley, Jane Brown and Caroline Walker

    A busy Auckland school’s ground-breaking decision to switch its caretaking to a contracted based service is proving a big hit with staff. Windy Ridge School Principal Brenda McPherson is delighted with the new arrangement and says nothing is too much trouble for Crest PropertyCare’s Thang Hlawnceu. “He’s really committed to

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  • Kids’ heartfelt message to cleaners

    CrestClean’s Rozelyn Maharaj has been bowled over by a card from 20 youngsters at a Dunedin school after she went the extra mile when a classroom was left in a mess. Their collective message brought Rozelyn to tears after she discovered a giant “sorry” card had been left for her

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  • Popular couple are customer-focussed

    Rachel Gill receives her Certificate of Long Service from Viky Narayan, CrestClean’s Auckland South Regional Manager.

    Business owners Shivraj Gill and his wife Rachel are highly regarded by their Auckland customers they clean for. It means that whenever they take a well-deserved break questions are soon asked as to how long they will be away. Viky Narayan, CrestClean’s Auckland South Regional Manager says the popular couple

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  • Crest ticks all boxes for stay-at-home dad

    Jijoy Johny has plenty of time to spend with his two young daughters. As a stay-at-home dad he has all day free until the early evening, when his thoughts turn to work and he leaves home to look after his CrestClean customers in the Wairarapa. The 36-year-old dad says being

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  • Blown away by Crest PropertyCare's service

    Kath Joblin, Principal St Thomas More Catholic School, says Mike Warnes has made a huge impact in his role as the caretaker.

    He might be there just five hours each week but the huge difference he’s making to the school’s appearance is a hot topic of conversation for parents and teachers. Kath Joblin, Principal at St Thomas More Catholic School, says having a caretaker on a contract arrangement has worked out better

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  • Winners sweep up Crest’s school award

    CrestClean’s Amandeep Singh and teacher Lee Rattray at Newstead School with pupils who won the Cleanest Classroom Award.

    These Hamilton youngsters got swept up by the cleaning bug to win CrestClean’s Cleanest Classroom Award. The Newstead School pupils tucked into pizza as a reward for keeping their classroom the tidiest. The competition is run at many of the 430 schools that are cleaned by CrestClean franchisees. The classroom

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  • Business allows plenty of family time

    Kuljinder Kaur and Jasvir Singh and their baby boy Aikam.

    As a busy new dad Jasvir Singh treasures the time he gets to spend with his baby son. He sees a lot of young Aikam in between his university studies and running a successful CrestClean business with his wife Kuljinder Kaur. The couple owned a CrestClean franchise in Tauranga but

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  • Big demand for Crest’s carpet care

    Daler Singh and Hanspreet Hari with employee Lakhwinder Singh (left).

    Crest’s Hutt Valley carpet care experts have been floored by compliments about the high standard of their work. There’s been nothing but great feedback from Daler Singh and Hanspreet Hari’s customers about their professional standards. Demand for the service has been so great that the couple have just invested in

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  • Training role rewards couple’s commitment

    Nishneel Prasad and Ritika Sheelam have joined the Master Cleaners Training Institute.

    Auckland couple Nishneel Prasad and Ritika Sheelam have stepped up to join CrestClean’s training arm the Master Cleaners Training Institute. The pair have just been appointed as Induction Trainers and will be the first point of contact for new franchisees in their region. Induction Training is an important part of

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  • From minimum wage to business owner

    Roshni and Ravendra Prasad have been with CrestClean for three years and run a successful business.

    It’s hard to believe how radically their circumstances have changed in just three short years. Roshni Prasad had a job as a cleaner, and being on the minimum wage there was precious little in her pay packet each week. Her husband Ravendra worked hard as a mechanic and any thoughts

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  • Couple have sights on new van for business

    Viky Narayan, CrestClean’s Regional Manager for South and East Auckland, presents the Long Service Award to Shalend and Kamni Ram. Looking on is Sam Lewis, General Manager Franchise Services.

    Shalend Ram didn’t have to think twice when deciding what he and his wife Kamni would do with the $2000 bonus they received from CrestClean. The successful franchisees will put it towards the purchase of a new vehicle they’ve got their eye on for their Auckland business. The money, in

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