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Businesses and building owners are waiting too long to do the carpet cleaning required to keep their workplaces and properties clean and hygienic – and it’s costing them. “The biggest problem I notice with carpets is that maintenance gets deferred and it ends up costing property owners more and taking longer in the end,” says

CrestClean’s training programme featured in an Otago Daily Times article published on 23 October. The Otago Daily Times news item reported that Careerforce, an NZQA-accredited Industry Training Organisation, has validated training courses provided by Master Cleaners Training Institute. CrestClean franchisees who attend these courses will now receive up to 36 credits toward the NZQA National

Being Regional Manager for CrestClean’s North Shore and West Auckland operations, covering one of the largest and busiest regions in the country, could be a complex and stressful job, but Caroline Wedding is buoyant as she reflects on her three years in the role. “Crest is everything they said they were going to be, which

CrestClean has won a Sustained Growth Award from Deloitte Fast 50, an annual index ranking the top 50 businesses in New Zealand according to their revenue growth over the past three years. It was presented during the Otago and Lower South Island regional award ceremony on 1 October, and accepted by a team from CrestClean’s

A positive customer experience is always a pleasure for any business owner to experience, and CrestClean and Right House have great things to say about franchisees Reddy and Shanta Devi. Right House provides energy efficiency and heating services and upgrades for new and older homes throughout the Wellington region. The head office in Seaview has

In Tauranga, all the franchisees new to CrestClean in the past four months are now also fully trained in Hard Floor Care. “I tell all my franchisees they need this skill if they’re going to be doing any sort of floor care,” says Jan Lichtwark, Regional Manager for Tauranga. “Some say that none of their

For the past six years, CrestClean franchisees Khaled and Zeynab Khaled have been providing cleaning services for Express Data Limited’s head office in Mount Wellington, Auckland. As a way to recognise and show appreciation for one of their longstanding customers, the Khaleds decided to provide morning tea for the staff of about 40 people. Plates

Invercargill Regional Manager Glenn Cockroft appears to be future proofing his region’s business. In the past two months, two franchisees from the team have given birth. Jackie Batoy has a new baby boy named Anthony Junior and Julie Cacdac has a daughter named Lovi. To celebrate the births, Glenn presented them both with framed New

The kids at St Claudine School are so thankful they won the Cleanest Classroom competition, they made a special ‘thank you’ card for CrestClean franchisees Danish and Aijita Sharma. It was presented the same day the kids received their special prize for winning the competition – a pizza lunch. St Claudine is a Catholic School

New Health and Safety legislation places clear onus on School Principals as “Officers” of their organisations. The Government’s proposed Health and Safety Reform Bill, due to come into effect in April 2015, attempts to clearly define a set of “Positive Due Diligence” actions to be demonstrated by “Officers” of an organisation, and will require evidence

The ability to learn new skills in order to provide a range of services to customers is just one part of growing a successful CrestClean business. Some new franchisees get the opportunity to jump right into the more skilled services by attending the required training courses early in their careers with CrestClean, which recently occurred

We practice everyday for this! C’mon… give us a hand to celebrate and build awareness of Global Handwashing Day – today, the 15th of October. It’s a great time to remind the folk around you, especially kids, about the importance of clean hands. There’s lots of information about Global Handwashing Day and this website has