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Prof Charles Gerba shook hands for what must have been the 100th time that day and kept talking as he seamlessly turned to the hand-wash dispenser and the paper towels. “You know, 20% of germs you’ll transmit are passed through handshakes,” the man some in the United States fondly call Dr Germ joked in a

In July, Crest attended the New Zealand Principals’ Federation Conference in Christchurch, as an exhibitor. Crest Commercial Cleaning Ltd is a bronze level partner and active supporter of the NZPF. As part of our conference display we offered a spot prize to Principals. A local Christchurch school, Westburn School, won the prize of $500 of

Dunedin-based company Crest Commercial Cleaning Ltd’s successful Mumbai franchise showed how well strong business models could work even in a competitive, low-wage economy. Read more on Otago Daily Times website

New Zealand’s largest commercial cleaning franchise, Crest Commercial Cleaning, has struck up a deal in India which will see it operating in around a dozen cities and employing thousands of people in the next two years. Since securing the country licence agreement in 2008, Crest Commercial Cleaning (India) Pvt. has employed 300 people in India.

TV3 – featuring Crest’s Adam Hodge. It is Global Handwashing Day, and this charming piece of information is part of a range of disturbing findings aimed at improving hygiene practices around the world. Watch this video

With redundancy levels rising and many employees facing uncertain future, a growing number of people are exploring franchises as a way of making a living. Watch video

Pirongia School in Te Awamutu has a “crazy wig day” happening on the day of the balls presentation.  Crest Franchisee Mike Mills is on the left with the bright red wig, and area manager Gerry Burger has bright blue hair in the centre. There are a lot of school kids happily playing with Crest rugby

Kyle Wood is the first Crest person in Tauranga to gain his National Certificate. Kyle works with his father David Wood, and his father’s partner Sandra Maxwell. He has his own van and customers within the franchise. Customers note Kyle’s broad base of skills in his workmanship. He has an extensive knowledge about a lot

Nitasha started out a very shy person. Over the years she went between volunteering behind the scenes at a small school and running courses through another organisation.  This helped build her confidence to a much better level and she was finally able to get through an interview (the hardest part of the job). Nitasha worked at

After nearly 18 months of detailed planning the Crest Quality Training Manual has been published and distributed to all Franchisees. The collation of the Manual has been a tremendous team effort and I would like to thank all those involved in its production. During my visits to the regions I have taken the opportunity to

It was a rewarding day for a group of Crest Auckland Franchisees when they were presented with their certificates for the NZQA Limited Credit Programme in Cleaning recently at Ellerslie. Already 142 of over 200 Crest Franchisees have completed course one and 75 have completed the Limited Credit Programme in Cleaning. Crest aims to have

As part of Crest’s drive to improve the training we offer to franchisees, Crest has recently appointed Chris Chapman to the role of Quality and Training Manager. Chris has had over 30 years of involvement in the cleaning industry. Twice he has owned his own contract cleaning businesses, and some time ago he was an