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  • Great start for our youngest team

    Meet CrestClean’s youngest husband and wife team. The Rotorua couple couldn’t believe how easy it was to start their own cleaning company and say it’s not only profitable, it’s the best job they’ve ever had! Jacob Lowry, 20, and Debbie Zhu, 21, have shown age is no barrier to starting

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  • Franchisees honoured with business award

    Hard-working franchisees Niza and Fredie Dela Cruz have received top honours for the success of their business. The Hamilton couple were presented with a Small Business Achievers’ Award at a special event to recognise the outstanding achievements of New Zealand’s Filipino community. They joined other award winners in Auckland at

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  • Crest joins Health and Safety Forum

    CrestClean has strengthened its focus on health and safety by joining an influential group of industry movers and shakers. Being a member of the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum dovetails with CrestClean’s ongoing drive to raise safety standards in New Zealand’s cleaning industry, the company said. Grant McLauchlan, CrestClean’s

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  • Couple aim high after move to Taranaki

    Customers of a young couple who have just joined CrestClean are in for some five star service. With a background in working in top class hotels, Vrinda Nautiyal and Sandeep Sharma are no strangers to hard work and have come from a high-pressure service industry where quality is king. The

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  • Beanies a hit with kids

    CrestClean’s Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago Regional Manager James Dixon didn’t have to look far to catch the culprits who claimed some newly purchased winter headgear. James had just opened the box containing six CrestClean Beanies when the smart new hats caught the attention of his youngsters, Luca, 7, and

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  • Charity delighted at free-cleaning offer

    When Tauranga’s Regional Manager was contacted by a local charity his subsequent visit to quote for the job had a totally unexpected outcome for everyone. After hearing how Homes of Hope offers a lifeline to children who have suffered abuse or trauma, Jan Lichtwark knew straight away he wanted to

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  • Get a head start for winter with a...

    Winter’s icy grip over much of New Zealand has seen a flurry of orders for CrestClean’s latest addition to franchisees’ uniforms. With the coldest months of the year yet to come, our newly-released CrestClean Beanie has been specially designed to keep you toasty warm – whatever the weather! And early

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  • Tall windows cleaned with ease

    No job is too big or too tall for CrestClean’s Invercargill team who’ve proved that with the right equipment anything is possible. Keeping all areas of the city’s Bill Richardson Transport World looking spic and span calls for some specialist knowledge, especially when it comes to tackling the large expanses

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  • Vehicles under scrutiny during audits

    Tauranga franchisees got a big tick at the latest twice-yearly audit of their CrestClean vehicles. Jason Cheng, Waikato/Bay of Plenty Quality Assurance Co-ordinator, was impressed at the level of compliance to CrestClean’s Health and Safety requirements. Franchisees’ vehicles are audited regularly to ensure they meet compliance guidelines as part of

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  • Principal’s delight at Property Care team

    CrestClean’s Property Care team at Rotorua Girls’ High School are a class act, says Principal Ally Gibbons. From the day Hemant Kumar and Rajni Chand took over caretaking duties the difference was remarkable, she says. “The first day they were here as early as I was and the place was

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  • Travel guru is Abby’s right hand woman

    If Abby Latu needs some advice about taking a holiday from her busy job she won’t exactly need to look very far. For CrestClean’s Hawke’s Bay Regional Manager now has a personal assistant who has a background in travel consultancy. While Abby might dream about that winter getaway, she can

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  • Company’s delight at our shining star

    Cleaning firms touting for business are regularly given the brush-off at Auckland company RFD Limited. Hardly surprising as CrestClean franchisee Kamal Singh has been doing a sterling job at the Marine safety equipment firm for the past 15 years. Tanya Eyre, who looks after purchasing, says they are delighted with

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