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.

  • From part-time rest home carer to successful business...

    Nelson Franchisee Mel Fearn by CrestClean van

    As a carer in a rest home, single mum Mel Fearn knew in her heart that to get ahead in life something would have to change. “I thought ‘I don’t want to be working part-time as a single mum, I want to be doing something better’,” she says, recalling the

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  • Former pilot celebrates seven years leading busy CrestClean...

    Receiving Long Service award at Crestclean

    After seven years the shine hasn’t gone off his role in leading CrestClean’s Christchurch North teams. Under his watch, Regional Manager Yasa Panagoda has seen the number of franchise teams more than double, matched by a big increase in business as more customers put their trust in CrestClean. “Since I

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  • Karl seizes the chance to grow his business...

    A strong sense of a job well done is just one of the many rewards of owning a CrestClean business, says Karl Parker. “I enjoy the cleaning because you might be doing the same job five nights a week, but you feel like you’ve accomplished something every time you walk

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  • Busy first-time dad still gets to enjoy plenty...

    Having a job that keeps him active is a real bonus, says CrestClean business owner Rajinesh Prasad. After five years with the company, Rajinesh is as enthusiastic as ever about having his own business. “It’s physical work and it keeps me active and I really like cleaning, so I’m very

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  • Another successful year as Sunny picks up top...

    His all-round contribution to his CrestClean region has won Sunny Yang another major accolade. Sunny recently picked up the title of Team Player of the Year for Christchurch North 2020 – just a year on from winning Franchisee of the Year. Regional Manager Yasa Panagoda says it was not a

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  • Whanganui customers love his ‘can do’ attitude and...

    It’s no wonder there’s a growing demand for his cleaning services. He not only delivers quality work, it’s his cheerful manner and ‘can do’ attitude that’s also winning over Whanganui customers CrestClean’s Seby Joseph says he’s never been happier at work and just loves looking after his customers and doing

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  • Gym membership cancelled as cleaning is now her...

    She’s not only loving the freedom of being a business owner, it’s the physical side of the job that’s brought her an unexpected bonus. Karamjit Kaur says the cleaning work she carries out at a fish processing plant keeps her in shape, so much so that she’s about to cancel

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  • Top award rounds off successful first year for...

    It’s been a big first year for Fazeel Ali, who joined CrestClean a little over 12 months ago. The former chef and building worker has seen his fortunes change in so many ways, the highlight being winning Franchisee of the Year award for Christchurch South. Gina Holland, the company’s Christchurch

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  • Going full-time with CrestClean gives couple peace of...

    Since turning their CrestClean franchise into a full-time business Sandeep Kumar and Anju Anju haven’t looked back. It’s been a little over two months since CrestClean became their main income stream. They’ve already doubled the size of the business by taking on more cleaning contracts. As well as giving Sandeep

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  • Spacious Nissan gives Daniel the capacity to expand...

    It’s no wonder Daniel Park is over the moon with his spacious new vehicle. With his business growing and a lot more equipment to carry, Daniel knew it was time to say goodbye to the small Nissan van that had served him so well but was just too small for

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  • Praise from college for diligence of cleaning team...

    Grateful staff at Rodney College have thanked the CrestClean team who carried out extra sanitising and cleaning during the COVID-19 Alert Level 2. Pauline Bond, Executive Officer, says everyone was impressed at how Francis and Teneaki Nawaia had gone about their work – and their presence was reassuring. “They picked

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  • Feedback brings another accolade for Hawke’s Bay’s queen...

    She’s the queen of quality with a stack of accolades as testament to the high standards she prides herself on delivering. Sophie Chase has just picked up another Certificate of Excellence, the third such award this year and making a grand total of 14 since she joined CrestClean. The latest

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