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I N T H E N E W S A first class service for families THE FAMILY-OWNED JUKES GROUP FUNERAL BUSINESSES HAVE UNITED UNDER ONE ROOF AT THE COMPANY’S HEADQUARTERS IN LICHFIELD One of the UK’s leading funeral suppliers - the family-owned Jukes Group - has set up its company headquarters in Lichfield. The decision means that the family’s funeral businesses are now united under the same roof. The group has moved its headquarters to Tamworth Street, from where the company’s six coffin and funeral supplies factories are now run, sharing its new home with Jukes Funeral Services. Jukes Funeral Services has been providing its classleading services to bereaved families in and around Lichfield since 2017, with coffins and floristry all supplied from the group’s family. The Jukes Group can trace its roots back more than 70 years when brothers Derick and Dennis Jukes, who ran a joinery business in Balsall Heath supplying the local building trade, began making coffins for a local funeral director and soon became the major coffin supplier in the region. The group is now run by Stewart Jukes, the son of Derick, and his wife Katherine. Stewart joined the business in 1981 as a bench hand, and worked his way up to director. Under his leadership the business has grown substantially. Stewart and Katherine’s three daughters are also involved in the family businesses: Sophie is owner and managing director of Jukes Funeral Services; Jemma, who qualified at the Covent Garden Academy of Floristry, specialises in bespoke funeral floristry; while Pip runs the company’s e-commerce and social media. Sophie Jukes said: “From our offices in Lichfield we are able to offer a first-class service for families, with a focus on detail. Having control of funeral floristry and THE JUKES FAMILY MD SOPHIE JUKES coffin supply gives us more control of the overall service which can sometimes elude the larger providers.” Jemma Jukes said funeral and sympathy flowers could be a sensitive subject, but with the experience of her family behind her she was able to advise on the most appropriate floral tributes. “As part of the process, we will discuss favourite colours and flowers, even if it’s something out of the ordinary. We are able to accommodate specific or unusual requests appropriate for the deceased. After we have agreed on the tributes, the client can have the peace of mind from knowing that they will be perfect on the day.” Jukes Funeral Services opened its second funeral home in Tamworth in 2018, and a third in Brownhills earlier this year. All three branches offer the same level of personal and professional service to the bereaved, drawing on the family’s extensive experience in looking after people at a difficult time in their lives. Stewart Jukes said the move to Lichfield was the natural thing to do as the family home was just outside the city in Longdon Green, and the Jukes Funeral Services funeral homes were headquartered in Lichfield. The Jukes Group includes Midland Funeral Supplies which has coffin-making facilities in West Bromwich, Beverley in East Yorkshire, Upton-on-Severn in Worcestershire, Plymouth and Perth and Annan in Scotland. For more details visit www.jukesfuneralservices.com 48 www.jaimemagazine.com
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