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CrestClean has achieved SiteWise Green Status, acknowledging the high-quality health and safety systems it has in place. SiteWise is a prequalification system, by Site Safe New Zealand, that grades a contractor’s health and safety capability. The results are published on a database that can be viewed by potential customers. Green Status is the highest grading

Managing a busy and growing region is like riding a bike for CrestClean Regional Master Franchisee Jan Lichtwark. Over the past decade, Jan has increased the number of teams in the Tauranga Region fivefold — and now he is expanding his ‘patch’ down the coast, to Whakatane. As the new manager for Whakatane, Jan says

In 2007 Srirangitharajah (Sri) Gunasingam fled Sri Lanka as a refugee, arriving in New Zealand with little more than the shirt on his back. Thirteen years later, he is the proud owner of New Zealand’s largest CrestClean franchise, with a turnover of $800,000. A successful restaurateur in Sri Lanka, Sri lost his business overnight —

Newlywed Neill Barr had only been married two months when he lost his wedding ring. So, when CrestClean’s Lumanai Panapa found the ring and handed it in to reception, he was so ecstatic that he presented her with a gift to say thanks. Lumanai was emptying a bathroom rubbish bin at NIWA in Wellington, where

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 clean. The 12-berth boat, which

If you could get paid in chocolate, would you? Strictly speaking, CrestClean franchisees Shiva and Shartika aren’t paid in chocolate, but they often receive sweet little ‘bonuses’. Cottonsoft employees regularly show their appreciation by leaving chocolate bars and other gifts on their desks for the pair to find when they come in to do their

The importance of working together has been highlighted at CrestClean’s annual team meetings, which drew large groups of CrestClean business owners to a business forum. The events, hosted in 17 regions all around New Zealand, mark a stellar year for CrestClean business owners. The team meetings gave managing director Grant McLauchlan a chance to update

Owning the largest CrestClean business in Nelson keeps Alan Erickson on his toes – but he gets plenty of help from daughter Kyla.  Kyla, who is one of Alan’s employees, enjoys being involved in the day-to-day running of the franchise and says working with her dad is actually fun. “It’s pretty easy as we have

A tasty treat was on the cards for students at Hastings Christian School – courtesy of CrestClean’s Jay Gounder. The youngsters in class B3 were the latest winners of the Cleanest Classroom Award. The competition is run at many of the 430 schools that are cleaned by CrestClean franchisees. The classroom that is kept the

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 polishing a large vinyl floor

A Filipino Basketball team that CrestClean have sponsored won the Rotorua Basketball Tournament Season 2 Championship, held in Rotorua recently. Tauranga franchisee Cesar Rogacion who is a member of the team said they have all been playing a long time, and are already a family. “This was the first time CrestClean have participated and sponsored

There’s no mistaking the trio of specialist service offered by CrestClean’s Sam Talwar. Thanks to the messaging carried by distinctive new branding on his van, Sam has been busier than ever. An expert in Pure Water Window Cleaning, his competence and skillset also extends to Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, and Hard Floor Care. Shareen Raj,