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  • Health and safety a priority for caretaker

    Safety-conscious school caretaker Murray Kelly is vigilant about keeping himself and others safe. He’s always on the lookout for labour-saving devices that not only bring efficiencies to his role at Waimataitai School but cut down the likelihood of anyone getting hurt. So much so that when it came time to

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  • It’s game on as Crest teams move in

    A common site in Invercargill is this line-up of CrestClean vehicles outside the city’s Rugby Park Stadium. For CrestClean personnel it’s game on – but not because they are inside watching action on the field. Glenn Cockroft, CrestClean’s Invercargill Regional Manager, said teams are regularly called in to quietly move

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  • Five years celebrated as business owners

    When cabinet maker Binesh Naidu looked at the family budget he knew he needed to do something soon as the demand for his skills was in decline. It was 2012 and the building slump was hitting hard in Tauranga and Binesh and his wife Mani were worried about having enough

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  • Crest trainer takes shine to working at Xero

    Hardworking Naval Gupta has a dream of where he wants to be within 10 years – hopefully enjoying early retirement! The Wellington CrestClean business owner is spinning many plates in his busy working life, but it’s all part of his master plan to achieve financial freedom by the time he’s

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  • Team Meeting hots up after alarm triggered

    Health and safety took on a new meaning for franchisees attending CrestClean’s Rotorua Team Meeting. Just after the company’s Managing Director Grant McLauchlan got to his feet to kick off the annual event, he was drowned out as the building’s fire alarm sounded. Ironically minutes earlier, as part of the

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  • School’s delight as Crest caretaker works smarter

    When CrestClean caretaker Manjinder Sandhu needs to know what his next task should be it’s his smartphone that he turns to. For an innovative app not only displays a live list of current jobs that need his attention, it’s totally changed the way he works at Auckland’s Summerland Primary School.

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  • Homeownership is family’s dream

    As Titus Samuel proudly holds his Certificate of Long Service he has a picture in his mind’s eye of where it will eventually go. For the time being it will sit on a shelf in his Christchurch home – but one day it will feature prominently in a family home

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  • CrestClean on track to boost Fiji charity

    Punters splashed out large for a flutter on ‘’horses’’ taking part in the Crest Classic. The event was one of the highlights of fun night in Wellington to raise money to keep a community housing project in Fiji on track. CrestClean’s Wellington Regional Manager Richard Brodie had the honour of

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  • School: Cleaning team does a fantastic job

    Beaconsfield School Principal Hamish Brown has one word to describe the CrestClean team who look after his school – fantastic! He said the school was looking amazing and he loves the fact that every day before Amrit Singh and Karamjit Kaur start work they pop in and say “hi” and

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  • Cleaners’ ‘wonderful manner and attitude’ praised

    They’ve been in the business less than six months – but that’s not stopped a family franchise picking up glowing accolades for their work. Izack Ahmed and his dad Ahimad Nur were praised for the thoroughness of the cleaning after staff and pupils returned to Nelson Park Primary School for

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  • School grateful for Crest’s help in buying bike...

    When James Dixon was asked if he could help out to get a school’s community project across the line he didn’t need to think twice. With his two children attending Clyde School, CrestClean’s Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago Regional Manager knew that fundraising and financial support was key to providing

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  • Samy’s NV200 is the ENvy of everyone!

    It’s turning heads in Hamilton with its sleek lines and good looks proving an instant talking point for passers-by. And its new owner Dorsamy (Samy) Goudar is rightly chuffed with his Nissan NV200 – the latest addition to CrestClean’s Hamilton fleet. The vehicle is the first NV200 for CrestClean’s Hamilton

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