Term 3 ended on a high note for tidy Kiwis in South Canterbury who won the region’s latest Cleanest Classroom Awards from CrestClean. The Cleanest Classroom programme is run at many of the over 500 primary and intermediate schools that are cleaned by CrestClean franchisees, with the classrooms that are kept the cleanest in the
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.
It might have been named after one of the city’s forefathers, but Invercargill’s soon-to-be-opened The Langlands Hotel now has a new namesake. After months of cleaning the hotel, section by section as it has progressed, CrestClean franchisee Tess Jabonitalla has named her new puppy ‘Langley’ — a combination of the hotel’s name and that of
Brothers-in-law Andrew De Castro and Rezzi Sumagang unwittingly made history when they purchased a CrestClean franchise together in Palmerston North. In buying a franchise, they became the commercial cleaning company’s 700th franchise team, making CrestClean the largest franchise system of its type in New Zealand. To mark the occasion, they were presented with special ‘700th
At a time when Environmental Compliances are becoming increasingly important, we are proud to have passed our Environmental Choice assessment for 2022 with flying colours, securing the continuation of the EC-licensed status of our cleaning services and products. This is the sixth year of having both our cleaning services and cleaning products achieve their Environmental
Tony Kramers has gone back to school, to reconnect with his past. The Dunedin Master Franchisee, who can trace his whakapapa (genealogy) back to Ngāi Tahu chiefs Karetai and Te Mātenga Taiaroa, is learning te reo Māori, picking up where he left off more than 20 years ago. “I learnt it through high school, right
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
With its crisp white walls and brightly coloured mural featuring successful teams from around the country, CrestClean’s new Rotorua office is a joy to work in, says Regional Master Franchisees Sonia and Mark Fredrick. Located on Whakaue Street, in the heart of the city, it “fits the bill for everything we were wanting”, says Mark.
CrestClean recently attended the General Practice Conference and Medical Exhibition in Rotorua, signalling its ongoing commitment to the healthcare sector. It is the first time a cleaning company has had an exhibition stand at the event, which was run in conjunction with the New Zealand Medical Association and attended by 900 GPs, practice managers, pharmacists
When CrestClean’s North Harbour Master Franchisee Neil Kumar bought a cleaning franchise with his wife Rachel 16 years ago he wondered what he’d got himself into. At the time he was working during the day as a CNC operator, helping Rachel with the cleaning in the evenings, and had no idea of the career path
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