Franchise Business Success Stories

Congratulations to Viky and Nileshna Narayan, CrestClean’s South and East Auckland Regional Managers, for winning the ‘Business Excellence in Marketing’ and ‘Business Excellence in Innovation’ Awards at the Indian Newslink Indian Business Awards. Crest was also a finalist in the ‘Business Excellence in Customer Service’ category, which was won by

James and Sarah Yun’s customers think the world of them. The Dunedin husband and wife team are celebrating 10 years with Crest. They are two of a number of Crest’s long-standing franchisees. During the last decade James and Sarah have seen a number of changes. “A lot has changed. We

CrestClean has just celebrated their first anniversary of cleaning all 63 BestStart Centres in the South Island with very happy clients. BestStart is New Zealand’s largest private provider of early childhood education, with nurseries, preschools, kindergartens, Montessori and childcare facilities from Kaitaia to Invercargill. As the umbrella organisation for over

Diego Gonzalez could not stop smiling after he received a certificate of completion from the Master Cleaners Training Institute acknowledging his achievement. MacLaren Park Henderson South (MPHS) Community Trust, which is one of CrestClean’s customers, asked Auckland West Regional Manager Caroline Wedding to see if there was a training program

For Prasun and Diksha Acharya, owning their own business was out of reach until they discovered CrestClean’s Move to the Regions Programme. The programme, which started in 2011, provides people, who would like to own their own business, with an opportunity to move outside of Auckland and Wellington. Prasun and

Principal Gavin Beere was just a couple of years into his tenure at South Auckland’s Hillpark School when he decided to take a critical look at the primary school’s cleaning services. “There’s one main reason why people look at cleaning operations,” he said recently during a presentation at CrestClean’s Masters

West Auckland franchisees Irshad and Shema Ali featured in a New Zealand Herald article published on 20th April. Titled “Getting the right fit is key for franchises,” the story was in the Small Business section of the daily paper and quoted Irshad and Shema talking about their experiences running their

Davendran and Prithi Nair thought they might never be able to buy a house. Originally from Fiji, they decided to purchase a CrestClean franchise because Prithi’s brother in law was in the business and they liked the idea of running their own franchise and being their own boss. After 10

“I wouldn’t have been able to see the world,” says Kamal Jeet Singh, reflecting on his 12 years of owning a CrestClean franchise in Auckland. In that time, he’s been to India, Malaysia, Australia’s Gold Coast, home to his native Fiji at least 10 times and this year alone he’s

Nityanand Sharma never expected to be able to purchase his own home, especially not in the high-priced Wellington region, and certainly not within a year of buying a CrestClean franchise. However, two weeks ago he moved into his new house in the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville. “If I didn’t have

When Ashveen and Kamini Raju borrowed $20,000 to purchase a CrestClean franchise, they set themselves what sounds like an impossible goal – to reach $150,000 turnover in a year. Nine months on, the Rajus are nearly there, with $130,000 turnover and 18 customers keeping them amongst the busiest franchisees in

Three years ago, Ashneer and Durgeshni Datt broke away from the hectic pace of Auckland and took a chance on a CrestClean franchise in Invercargill, hoping they’d be able to enjoy a more laid back lifestyle in the deep south. “I’m very happy with the decision to move. It’s much