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For Bev Hopgood, the “instant gratification” she receives once she’s cleaned her customers’ premises is one of the many things she enjoys about being part of Crest. “I enjoy being part of Crest. It is a great team. I enjoy doing a good job and looking after my customers,” she says. “I also like driving

CrestClean’s Tauranga fleet of vehicles received a tick of approval. As part of the Tauranga team meeting, Waikato/Bay of Plenty Quality Assurance Co-ordinator Jason Cheng audited about 40 vehicles. “The vehicles were presented well. If their vehicles and equipment are not cleaned and maintained there is no way that we can clean our customers’ premises.

The importance of working together was highlighted at Crest’s Whangarei team meeting. The team meeting, which was held on October 14, gave Managing Director Grant McLauchlan a chance to update franchisees on company progress in the last 12 months, Crest’s new Property CareTaking service and pest control division PestCo as well as milestones including reaching

Pupils are eager to find out who has won the next Cleanest Classroom Award. Room 10 pupils were treated to a pizza lunch after they won the first round of the competition. CrestClean’s Cleanest Classroom competitions are held at many of the 262 schools that are cleaned by Crest franchisees. The classroom that is kept

Team building exercises formed part of the Nelson Principals’ Association Conference. CrestClean Nelson Regional Manager Barbara de Vries and National Sales Manager Chris Barker attended the two-day conference, which was held at Lake Rotoiti in Nelson on November 5 and 6. CrestClean is a bronze sponsor of the Nelson Principals’ Association and delegates who attended

Sarah McCormack has enjoyed seeing Crest grow over the last 10 years. Sarah looks after the Franchisee Financial Services arm of CrestClean. In recognition of her 10 year service, Sarah, who is one of many long-standing CrestClean personnel, was presented with a glass plaque and a $2000 travel voucher by Managing Director Grant McLauchlan. “I

Hamilton franchisee Dorsamy (Samy) Goundar is one of the Fonterra “Crawford St family”. Samy has been taking care of the CANPAC premises for 10 years. CANPAC Distribution Centre Manager Ben Crawford says “Samy is a core member of our team”. “He does an incredible job and is a joy to have on-site,” Ben says. “He

Now is the time to treat flies, fleas, spiders, ants, native cockroaches, rats, mice and other creepy-crawlies before they settle in to your premises and start enjoying the onset of summer. PestCo Service Technician Mike Wills has been inundated with commercial job requests to eradicate and treat the above pests. A number of internal and

Sanjeev Raj is the new Christchurch and South Canterbury Quality Assurance Co-ordinator. As part of his role, Sanjeev, who is based in Christchurch, will undertake quality audits, assist with implementing new contracts and be a guiding force for franchisees new to the business. CrestClean has similar co-ordinators in Auckland, the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Hawkes

North Harbour franchisees were ‘honoured’ to meet Prime Minister Rt Hon John Key. After officially opening the premises, Mr Key visited Northern Arena in Silverdale, where he made the time to meet Crest’s North Harbour team – Radhna and Naresh Mani and Rameshwar Sharma. The three have been cleaning Northern Arena for the last three

Taranaki franchisees enjoyed catching up with Regional Manager Prasun Acharya. Franchisees Angeline Krithi and Sebastian M.V. attended the first Taranaki coffee catch-up with Prasun. The meeting was held at Colombus Coffee in Palmerston North. Prasun says the meeting was a good opportunity to catch up with franchisees. “We discussed a number of things including audit

Here’s some positive comments from a local CrestClean customer: The cleaners from Crest consistently do an excellent job at the campground and they are a pleasure to work with. Hygiene is super important in this environment, where people prepare food in the kitchen and wash up in the bathrooms. I know that the job will