Hawke’s Bay Featured

The hall at Mayfair School in Hastings is “blinging’ after CrestClean franchisees used the space to learn the fine art of Hard Floor Care. Gagandeep Sidhu, Jeewan Kumar, Indica Karaitiana, Ganesh Mudliar and Bidur Karki are now specialists in the trade, after completing training with CrestClean’s Master Cleaners Training Institute. Having completed both Modules 1

CrestClean is celebrating the completion of the Aspire2 Workplace Communication Programme by all its Regional Master Franchisees. The programme is aimed at enhancing professional capabilities and covers a variety of topics, including verbal and non-verbal communication, delegation, conflict resolution and active listening. In recognition of the achievement, a graduation ceremony was held at CrestClean’s Auckland

CrestClean is excited to have two franchise teams named as finalists in this year’s prestigious Westpac New Zealand Franchise Awards. Viky and Nileshna Narayan have been shortlisted for ‘Regional Master Franchisee of the Year’, while Royce and Hannah Park are in the running for ‘Franchisee of the Year – Business to Business’. The winners will

Hawke’s Bay franchisees recently enjoyed a ‘get-together’ to acknowledge their efforts following Cyclone Gabrielle. “We’ve had a really rough time as a region, so I wanted to hold a feel-good event where everyone could get together and enjoy each other’s company,” says Tim O’Leary, CrestClean’s Hawke’s Bay Regional Master Franchisee. “While the floods and the

CrestClean’s twice-yearly vehicle audits kicked off in the Central North Island last week, and it’s shaping up to be the best year yet, says Health, Safety and Wellbeing Leader Ian Noon. “It’s been really successful so far. The general standard of presentation is very high and the franchisees all seem to be happy,” says Ian.

Every year Hawke’s Bay franchisee Mercy Rabanal receives a handmade Christmas card from Kowhai Special School — but this year there was an extra something tucked into the card. The school, which Mercy has cleaned since becoming a CrestClean franchisee almost five years ago, generously gifted her a $100 Prezzy Card as a token of

The children in Room 11 at Mahora School have scooped up CrestClean’s Cleanest Classroom Award. The dedicated youngsters were excited to be rewarded with a certificate and ice creams for having the best-kept classroom at the Hastings school. The Cleanest Classroom programme is run at many of the over 450 primary and intermediate schools that

When it comes to choosing kids’ pyjamas, it pays to call in the experts. That’s what CrestClean’s Hawke’s Bay Regional Master Franchisee Tim O’Leary did when donating to the ‘Jammies for June’ initiative — he sought the advice of his two kids, Daniel, 5 and Anna, 3. And, with the discerning, pint-sized shoppers choosing sleepy

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

She’s the queen of quality with a stack of accolades as testament to the high standards she prides herself on delivering. Sophie Chase has just picked up another Certificate of Excellence, the third such award this year and making a grand total of 14 since she joined CrestClean. The latest award follows glowing praise about

More family time with a regular and stable income are just two of the many benefits Edelyn and Paulo Robles are enjoying having recently joined CrestClean. Being a contractor in the telecommunications industry meant Paulo could never be sure of a regular pay cheque. The couple bought a CrestClean business after working for friends, who

She’s stepped out of her principal’s shoes to focus on spending more time with their two young children. But Kelly O’Leary remembers only too well the importance of having a clean and healthy school and how quickly things can go downhill when problems occur with the cleaners. As well as being a fulltime mum, Kelly