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  • Doing the hard yards pays off for Prasun

    Prasun Acharya has a brand new car and is having a home built for his family.

    Right now it’s just a timber frame on a concrete base several months from completion – but in his mind’s eye Prasun Acharya can already picture the stunning vista he’ll wake up to each day. For Prasun and his wife Diksha are thrilled by their change in fortune since they

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  • Crest praised after quake-hit town’s school reopens

    The Crest cleaning team (back row from left) Kumar Raj, Chithan Kumar, Jaydeep Patel, Sanjeev Raj. Front: Bhoomi Patel and Waiau School Principal Mary Kimber.

    A primary school in a quake-hit north Canterbury township has been able to reopen after a helping hand from CrestClean personnel. Waiau School Principal Mary Kimber has praised Crest, saying it was through the “hard work of the cleaners that we are able to reopen this school”. The 139-year-old school

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  • Training bar set high but franchisees excel

    Adam Hodge shows franchisees how to safely pour cleaning solutions to obtain the correct dilution.

    The bar was set high for Tauranga franchisees when they came under the eagle eye of Adam Hodge. They were given practical tasks to test their competency in order to obtain a Certificate in Commercial Cleaning awarded by the Master Cleaners Training Institute. Adam, the institute’s CEO, was overseeing the

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  • Sky’s the limit for would-be franchisees

    Chris Barker explains the franchisee system to attendees at the seminar.

    Questions came thick and fast for Crest’s National Sales and Relocation Manager Chris Barker when he hosted a Timaru seminar. Prospective franchisees quizzed Chris on a variety of topics after he highlighted the great opportunities offered by Crest to become a small business owner as the company goes from strength

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  • Banker-turned-franchisee enjoys his new freedom

    Richard Kemm has his vehicle and cleaning equipment checked by Jason Cheng, Crest’s Waikato/Bay of Plenty Quality Assurance Co-ordinator.

    When Richard Kemm decided to quit his senior job with a major bank he had done his homework and was confident joining Crest was the right move. Richard was a Business Banking Manager for an ANZ branch in Hamilton and a number of his clients were CrestClean franchisees. And the

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  • Singing’s a handy way to keep bugs at...

    Adam Hodge says people should spend more time washing their hands.

    If you hear Adam Hodge piping up to sing Scotland’s national anthem there’s every chance he’ll be washing his hands. Adam is CrestClean’s training guru and the Master Cleaners Training Institute’s CEO is backing a move in the UK to encourage people to wash their hands for the length of

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  • Praise for Crest from school principals

    Barbara de Vries (right), Crest’s Nelson Regional Manager, presents rugby balls to Janice Gulbransen, Principal of Nayland Primary School, Nelson.

    Crest’s Nelson Regional Manager Barbara de Vries was on the ball when she met local school principals at their annual get together. CrestClean are the Bronze sponsors of the Nelson Principals Association Annual Conference and the company takes pride is supporting the hard work the principals do in maintaining high

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  • Fiva’s boxing clever for charity fight night

    Fiva Latu lost 11kg in preparation for the charity fight.

    Tomorrow is D-Day for Crest’s Fiva Latu when months of punishing boxing training is put to the ultimate test when he steps into the ring at a charity fight night. But win or lose, Fiva knows every moment will be worth it as he faces a tough opponent in the

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  • Principal stunned by surprise TV prize

    Principal Rosina Wikaira receives a television from Viky Narayan, Regional Manager South and East Auckland.

    Crest’s Regional Manager for South and East Auckland Viky Narayan stunned a school principal by his surprise visit. For under his arm was tucked a brand new television. It was won by Homai Primary School’s Principal Rosina Wikaira. She had entered a prize draw at the New Zealand Principals’ Federation

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  • Migrants flourish as business booms

    When Glenn Cockroft started with Crest in Invercargill six years ago there were just six franchises. Today that number has grown to 32 franchises, involving more than 70 personnel. Many franchises are husband and wife businesses, often involving other family members. Glenn, CrestClean’s Regional Manager, says the area is booming

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  • Fiva lends a helping hand to 100-year-old

    Meeting a 100-year-old proved to be inspirational for CrestClean’s Fiva Latu in more ways than one. Franchisee Fiva popped in on Havelock North’s Douglas Blake as he prepared to celebrate his milestone birthday with family and friends at the Mary Doyle Residential Complex. Douglas’ daughter had asked if someone could

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  • Sweet treats for a cleaning job well done

    Seshli Anand with the chocolates she and her husband Raj received.

    When franchisee Raj Anand spotted a box of chocolates in a classroom he was cleaning he was more than a bit puzzled. But as he looked up at the classroom’s whiteboard it all became clear … and the six large words in front of him said it all, bringing a

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