Franchise Business Success Stories

Read on and celebrate success with our people from around New Zealand. Milestones reached, awards won, recognition from our customers - success comes with many faces - a smile from a positive comment, a home purchased through business success and confidence, a smile to the camera while receiving a long service award. Let’s always share our success together.

  • Shareen celebrates seven successful years with CrestClean

    Shareen Singh and her son Sanil Narayan are celebrating seven successful years as CrestClean business owners. The Hutt Valley franchisees were proud to be presented with a 7-Year Long Service Award to celebrate the milestone. “Shareen is a valuable long-standing member of our Hutt Valley region.  Working with Shareen has

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  • Successes shared at Christchurch team meeting

    CrestClean’s Christchurch franchisees enjoyed catching up and sharing their successes with each other at the recent regional team meeting. Held at the Richmond Club, the meeting was attended by CrestClean Managing Director Grant McLauchlan and General Manager of Franchise Services Sam Lewis, who shared important updates and recognised franchisee achievements

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  • From $8.50 an hour to a multi-million dollar...

    When CrestClean’s North Harbour Master Franchisee Neil Kumar bought a cleaning franchise with his wife Rachel 16 years ago he wondered what he’d got himself into. At the time he was working during the day as a CNC operator, helping Rachel with the cleaning in the evenings, and had no

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  • Nelson and Blenheim Team Meetings "overwhelmingly positive"

    Positive, upbeat and celebratory — that’s how franchisees described CrestClean’s recent Regional Team Meetings in Nelson and Blenheim. “Everyone was very complimentary about the meetings. An overwhelming number of people told me that they found them really positive,” says Nelson and Blenheim Operations Manager Violet-Rose Palmer. The meetings, held at

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  • South Canterbury franchisees put their best foot forward...

    Could these be CrestClean’s sharpest dressers?! In South Canterbury there is an ‘unofficial’ competition amongst franchisees for best dressed at the annual regional team meeting, and this year they did not disappoint. All 21 teams who attended the 2022 team meeting took great pride in turning up in their CrestClean

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  • Yasa reaches new heights with CrestClean

    When he was a boy, Yasa Panagoda dreamed of becoming a pilot. He achieved that goal and then he went on to set and achieve new goals — with CrestClean. It has been 10 years since Yasa joined the company as the Regional Manager for Christchurch North, in which time

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  • Taranaki franchisees celebrate 5-Year milestone!

    Five years after moving to New Plymouth and starting their CrestClean business, there is no looking back for Vrinda Nautiyal and Sandeep Sharma. The couple are proud to have been presented with a 5-Year Long Service Award and are loving their new life in Taranaki. Vrinda and Sandeep moved from

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  • Seven years of exceptional service by CrestClean franchisees

    Seven years after becoming CrestClean franchisees, Roshni and Ravendra Prasad are still proudly working with their very first customer, Placemakers Silverdale — which made it the perfect setting for them to receive their 7 Years Long Service Award. Placemakers Northern Hub Manager John Gair and Northern Hub Operations Manager Kerry

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  • CrestClean mixing with the best on the world...

    CrestClean is making a name for itself on the world stage, as a finalist in the British Institute of Cleaning Science’s (BICSc) 2021 Outstanding Corporate Member of the Year Award. The BICSc governs the cleaning industry in the United Kingdom and has more than 50,000 members worldwide. CrestClean has been

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  • Filipino business owners enjoy friendship and success in...

    Group of cleaners standing together.

    Since CrestClean expanded into South Canterbury five years ago, the number of franchise teams has grown exponentially… due in a large part to its popularity amongst the Filipino community. More than half of the franchisees in the region are originally from the Philippines, having encouraged each other to become CrestClean

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  • CrestClean's Auckland teams celebrate another successful year

    CrestClean franchisees from throughout the Auckland Region recently gathered for their annual team meeting at Alexandra Park to celebrate achievements, be informed of company updates and catch up with each other. It was the first time in almost two years that franchisees were able to meet en masse, with teams

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  • Home with a view for Taupo franchisees

    Snow-capped mountains and lake vistas — that is what Ravinesh and Glenis Chand get to enjoy from their perfectly positioned three-bedroom home. It is very different to their native Fiji, but the Taupō franchisees love it so much they never want to leave. Ravinesh moved to New Zealand in 2009,

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