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  • Franchisees go “the extra mile”

    Four Rotorua franchisees will be recognised for going “the extra mile” with a Certificate of Excellence. Gurpreet Singh, Amarinder Kaur, Huykim Cheng and Phong Ang Chan Thean Lim completed a term clean at Westbrook School over the holidays. The term clean included high and low dusting; the walls and windows

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  • CrestClean Invercargill’s got talent

    CrestClean Invercargill’s talent was put under the spotlight at the Christmas party. Held on Saturday, December 12, about 90 franchisees and their families helped celebrate another successful year – with a twist. “This year was different. We held a special event CrestClean has got Talent,” Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn says.

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  • West Auckland supports ‘Santa Cause’

    West Auckland Franchisee Nilesh Sharma supported Hospice West Auckland’s Santa Cause. “I always support my customers where I can. I took part in Santa Cause – their annual fundraiser that celebrates the gift of Christmas giving in workplaces in December,” he says. “They are a great organisation to be involved

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  • Leading Hamilton Business Owner achieves 12 years

    Commitment, attention to detail and maintaining customer relationships are among a number of key elements to running a successful Crest franchise. Hamilton franchisee Dorsammy (Samy) Goundar has been with Crest for 12 years and is one of many successful business owners and operators that are proud to be part of

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  • Franchise confidence bounces back for 2016

    After a dip in July, confidence in the franchise sector is bouncing back but franchisees are still high in demand according to the latest Franchising Confidence Index survey. Results from the Franchize Consultants survey, as published on Franchise New Zealand, found that franchisors are extremely positive in their outlook for

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  • Tauranga team celebrate Christmas

    CrestClean’s Tauranga team enjoyed the end of year Christmas party. “It went well,” Regional Manager Jan Lichtwark says. As part of end of year celebrations, franchisees and their families played bowls, caught up with the rest of the team and enjoyed a barbecue. “Everyone really enjoyed themselves. It was a

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  • Sports Equipment for Cleanest Classroom Winners

    Room 3 children at Waimataitai School are enjoying the sports equipment they received from Crest in recognition of their efforts. Room 3 children were the lucky winners of Crest’s Cleanest Classroom Award. CrestClean’s Cleanest Classroom competitions are held at many of the 262 schools that are cleaned by Crest franchisees.

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  • CrestClean Amphibious Microlight captures stingray jumping out of...

    A stingray jumping out of the water was captured on video onboard the CrestClean Amphibious Microlight on Sunday. How to avoid prosecution if a delivery person is injured on your work premises. Pilot Derek Holmes spent the day flying around Waihi Beach. As he was taking off from Tanners Point

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  • 12 years success in Hamilton - a ‘good...

    Gayaneshwar Raju was one of the first franchisees to relocate to Hamilton from Auckland. “I was in Auckland but I didn’t like it,” he says. “There was too much traffic and it was really busy. We moved to Hamilton and even though it is getting busy, we still really like

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  • Crest personnel take pride in their vehicles

    Christchurch and South Canterbury’s fleet of vehicles received a tick of approval after they were audited. Christchurch South Regional Manager Kiri James, Christchurch North Regional Manager Yasa Panagoda and South Canterbury Regional Manager Robert Glenie audited 25 vehicles. Franchisees vehicles are audited regularly to ensure they meet compliance guidelines as

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  • 2015 Southern Business of the Year

    CrestClean has been named Southern Business of the Year for 2015 by the Otago Daily Times. Crest received a full page profile on the front page of the Business and Money section of the newspaper on Saturday, December 26. The profile highlighted Crest’s business philosophy, the franchise model and how

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  • ‘Customers make it worthwhile’

    Sandeep Singh has been with Crest for nearly three years and she has the only female run franchise in the Waikato. “People said Crest is a good business to be part of and they were right – it is,” she says. “I was looking for a job that I could

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