Southland News

  • Well-planned storage system impresses...

    A tidy cleaning van.

    Whether she’s at work or home, Invercargill CrestClean franchisee Van Nguyen loves to tidy. So, when she joined CrestClean, once of the first things she did was to make sure her vehicle was kitted out with storage compartments to keep everything in its place. After coming up with a carefully

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  • Pride of Workmanship Award...

    Cleaner receives Rotary award

    From veterinary tutor, to milking cows, to cleaning, Jonathan Luna has always taken pride in his work — and now he has an award to prove it. The CrestClean franchisee is the proud recipient of a Pride of Workmanship Award, presented to him by Invercargill Sunrise Rotary. The award acknowledges

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  • Plain sailing for historic...

    Charter boat gets carpet clean

    It was all hands below deck when Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft received an SOS from Paul Mitchell, one of the directors of Fiordland Charters. The MV Pembroke, an 18m luxury charter boat that operates in remote Fiordland, was docked in Bluff and was in urgent need of a carpet

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  • CrestClean Invercargill’s newest hard...

    Recently a team of six Invercargill based franchisees completed a very comprehensive hard floor care training course under the watchful eye of Master Cleaners Training Institute Assessor Dan Pariachi. The course itself covered all aspects of caring for hard floors and included a hands-on two-day session of stripping, sealing and

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  • Sweet treat a late-night...

    Franchisee Marlene Madrid was treated to a late-night birthday surprise when friends turned up at her home with a celebration cake in the shape of a CrestClean van. Earlier, as she and husband Jamie headed off to work, they discussed her birthday and agreed there would be no party or

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  • Awards recognise team’s dedication...

    They worked tirelessly to ensure high standards of hygiene and cleanliness were maintained as the country was in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic. Now members of CrestClean’s Invercargill COVID-19 response team have been officially thanked for their commitment to the job. Glenn Cockroft, CrestClean’s Invercargill Regional Manager, presented Certificates

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  • Former veterinary surgeon helping...

    A former veterinary surgeon is helping to train CrestClean’s new business owners in Invercargill. Maricel DeGuzman, who has been with the company for five years, has been appointed as a Regional Trainer for Master Cleaners Training Institute. Along with her husband Martin, who was also a registered veterinary surgeon when

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  • COVID-19 testing centre cleaners...

    CrestClean personnel who have been working at Invercargill’s COVID-19 testing centre have been thanked for doing a “fantastic job”. A cleaning team has been going in at the end of each day to ensure the building is thoroughly cleansed, says CrestClean’s Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft. “CrestClean was called upon

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  • CrestClean personnel deployed to...

    Liezl Foxcroft, General Manager Training, Master Cleaners Training Institute, delivering training to CrestClean personnel via Skype.

    CrestClean personnel who are ensuring COVID-19 testing stations are regularly cleaned and sanitised have been trained to the highest level for the important task. A special training session, featuring a live online video presentation, has enabled cleaning teams across the country to be fully prepared when authorities ask for assistance.

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  • American academic’s delight at...

    CrestClean’s Glenn Cockroft found himself unexpectedly fielding questions about our national game from curious Americans attending an international conference. Glenn, who was manning CrestClean’s stand at the Dominican Education Conference, was approached by the event’s keynote speaker, Sister Laurie Brink, and her colleague Sister Betsy Pawlicki. But it was rugby

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  • CrestClean specialists help prepare...

    An Invercargill company preparing for the opening of its impressive new headquarters called in CrestClean experts to tackle the landmark building’s vast glass frontage. Southland Farm Machinery spokeswoman Hollie Cooper says cleaning the huge expanses of glass required a specialist knowledge and the right approach. “There’s a lot of glass

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  • Warm welcome for RecycleKiwi...

    RecycleKiwi has landed in Invercargill with the first resource pack being presented to Invercargill’s St Theresa’s school. Principal Julian Ineson was delighted to receive the colourful box from CrestClean’s Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft, and franchisee Kim Jin, who has just taken over the cleaning of the school in the

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