Consumer concern about environmental issues – fuelled further by the recent COP26 conference – is only going to increase. We asked funeral sector expert Simon Cox for his view on what we…
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A Phantom hearse with a royal pedigree
A Rolls-Royce hearse with royal heritage from Lower Hutt, New Zealand, now serves the community with the same elegant dignity bestowed on senior members of our royal family, when a limousine. Christopher…
Feature: Environmental impact – how do consumers judge new and existing body disposal methods?
In the January 2022 issue of FSJ, we asked Simon Cox of Funeral Solution Expert to provide insight into how environmental factors may influence consumer funeral choices. Here, Simon explores how new…
How to be a leading woman: ‘being a mother actually drives me harder’
Jade Wilcox, Managing Director at Wilcox Limousines, a British family-run coachbuilder of more than 70 years, shares her experiences of leadership within the funeral sector, traditionally a male-dominated industry It was never my…
New Start: meet the teacher turned celebrant
Lisa Jane Newman from Wigan worked as an English teacher before a period of ill health gave her pause for thought. She explains why she chose to train as a funeral celebrant I…
Ashes – are they mounting or shifting?
A recent Funeral Solution Expert consumer study asked 1,500 UK adults how they feel about cremated ashes – what they mean to them, what they do with them, and how environmental considerations…
Queen Elizabeth II – funeral leaders pay tribute
The news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen broke just before this issue of FSJ went to press. Funeral sector leaders were quick to pay their tributes to the longest…
