Cleaning up the Competition
As recently published in Idealog Magazine: It’s hardly the favourite thing to do around the house, but outside of it, cleaning is big business. Just ask Grant McLauchlan of Dunedin business CrestClean. McLauchlan and his business partner, Rene Mangnus, bought a small Dunedin cleaning company in 1996 with an annual turnover of $80,000. Rebranded CrestClean, it became the pilot operation in what is now an international commercial cleaning business with more than 300 franchises throughout New Zealand and India, and operating revenue of $25m. The directors chose the commercial cleaning industry for its... View More >>
