Christchurch North

CrestClean is proud to provide cleaning services to six schools which are overseen by Programmed Facilities Management, in partnership with the Ministry of Education. One of those schools is Haeata Community Campus in Christchurch, where the cleaning services are provided by CrestClean franchisee Smita Vaghela and her team. After receiving glowing feedback from Programmed, CrestClean’s

CrestClean has introduced a new business development training programme, aimed at improving the professional and personal success of its franchisees. The Certificate in Professional and Personal Development is being offered by the Master Cleaners Training Institute (MCTI), CrestClean’s dedicated training organisation that delivers industry leading, internationally recognised programmes to its franchisees. The first CrestClean business owners to

It has been 14 years since CrestClean first provided sponsorship to the New Zealand Principals’ Federation — and this year we got to go back to where it all started. The NZPF’s annual conference was held in Christchurch for the first time since 2008, the same year in which we became an official Business Partner.

CrestClean has launched a new Healthcare Training Module, dedicated to training its teams in the specialist cleaning of medical centres, private hospitals and healthcare facilities. Its franchisees already receive training to service these high-risk sites, but the new formalised qualification brings an added layer of professionalism and assurance to healthcare providers. The training module is

Sunny Yang and Leo Li are a team both on and off the court. The two Christchurch men have both owned CrestClean businesses for more than a decade and have been playing in the same basketball team for almost as long. They say the flexibility of having their own businesses means they can continue to

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 he has grown the region

Healthcare providers in Christchurch North have been given a clean bill of health by Liezl Foxcroft, who heads CrestClean’s Master Cleaners Training Institute. Liezl visited CrestClean healthcare customers Christchurch Eye Surgery, Southern Eye Specialists, Forté Health Hospital and Oxford Women’s Health to carry out spot audits to ensure high standards of cleaning are being maintained. “From

A major water leak at Christchurch’s Forté Health could have resulted in the medical facility being closed for weeks, had it not been for the quick thinking of CrestClean franchisee Nalin Dissanayake. It was 5pm on a Saturday when Nalin arrived at the Forté Health building, which houses a private hospital, Oxford Women’s Health and

With winter bugs starting to make their presence known, CrestClean’s Anti-Viral Sanitiser was a winner at the recent Canterbury Primary Principals’ Association Leadership Conference. Samples of the Anti-Viral Sanitiser were included in CrestClean goodie bags, together with hand sanitiser and microfibre cloths. “We gave out 200 goodie bags and people were especially interested in the

Christchurch bar Kaiser Brew Garden is on a mission to be the best bar in the city — and CrestClean is playing an important role in maintaining its exacting standards.  “Especially now more than ever it’s really important to have a clean bar. People are coming in here and expecting the full standard of having a nice pristine place because

Juggling family and a career can be a challenge, but Christchurch businesswoman Smita Vaghela was able to face it head on when she changed careers from nurse to franchise owner. Buying a CrestClean franchise has given her the freedom to easily divide her time between home and work, while achieving financial security. With a turnover

A former Christchurch courier contractor who quit to join CrestClean has just reached his five-year milestone. Jaydeep Patel says being on the road all the time as a parcel delivery guy had been a tough job, and had left precious little time for the family. “We have two girls and when you have a job