It’s no wonder these kids look so pleased themselves after scoring a pizza lunch for being so tidy. The Somerset Crescent School youngsters were rewarded with the tasty treat for winning CrestClean’s Cleanest Classroom Award. The competition is run at many of the 430 schools that are cleaned by CrestClean franchisees. The classroom that is
Wellington couple Dharam Singh and Lalita Devi have taken a giant step towards having a home of their own. Homeownership was unimaginable before they bought their CrestClean business as they were both working in low-paid jobs. Now their dream is about to come true with building work due to start on the section of land
The days of using disinfectant are over for a leading commercial cleaning company behind a pioneering move to develop a unique Kiwi-made greener and safer alternative. Following extensive product testing, CrestClean ditched disinfectants from its cleaning regimes and switched its cleaning personnel to the new eco-friendly multipurpose product. HyperClean is a highly-effective cleaner that neutralises
It was open home at Glenn Cockroft’s spacious garden for the annual franchisees’ party. This year’s celebrations saw 75 people attend the popular function at Regional Manager Glenn’s Invercargill property. It also gave him a chance to play chef to his party guests. Glenn rolled up his sleeves in the kitchen to provide an impressive
Flexible working hours and being her own boss ticked all the boxes for Bernie Brown when she found her perfect job in Central Otago. Bernie purchased a small CrestClean franchise in Alexandra where she lives – but just three months on and she’s already looking at expanding her business. And there’s no shortage of customers
More than 100 Auckland kids will receive a Christmas gift thanks to the generosity of CrestClean business owners. Viky Narayan, CrestClean’s South East Auckland Regional Manager Regional Manager, was overwhelmed with the response after he sent out a plea asking franchisees to donate to the Salvation Army’s annual Toy Appeal. Viky says he hoped to
Home-grown commercial cleaning company CrestClean is celebrating 21 successful years with predications of an even brighter future. The company, which began two decades ago with a single franchise business, now has 606 individual franchised businesses and carries out 2.071 million cleaning hours each year. It is the largest trainer of cleaning personnel in New Zealand.
A CrestClean couple are spearheading the company’s Pure Water Window Cleaning that’s now available in Northland. Tarun Kumar and Mohini Coppersmith, who own a CrestClean business in Whangarei, have attended an upskilling course so they can offer the highly-specialist window service to customers. Pure Water Window Cleaning provides cost effective, chemical-free window cleaning solutions for
When an 8-year-old wrote a heartfelt “thank you” card for his classroom cleaners he had no idea of the effect the sentiments it contained would have. The boy’s hand-written card, left for CrestClean’s Kumaran Nair and his wife Reshmi, spelled out his gratitude for the couple’s work at Christchurch’s Westburn Primary School. Receiving glowing compliments
Taking his family to see their tennis hero win a major tournament has been one of the many highlights of the past 10 years for Amit Kumar. Such occasions have only been possible thanks to having a profitable CrestClean business, he says. “We are tennis fans and we’ve been to the Australian Open a couple
Charlie and Vicki Stratford are living the dream after compressing their full time job into just two and half days a week. The Nelson CrestClean business owners have given over their Friday evenings and Saturdays and Sundays to work. But the trade-off is they can relax the rest of the time and enjoy four straight
Winning a state-of-the-art vacuum cleaner left Christchurch teacher Chris Els totally “gob smacked”. Chris, the Deputy Principal at Redwood Primary School, was stunned after learning he’d scooped the prize in a draw held at a recent gathering of the country’s top teachers. The annual New Zealand Principals Federation Conference is supported by CrestClean, who are