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We have been offering our services to care homes across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with training sessions to help staff deal with the bereaved. Our Company Director and fourth generation, Jackie Lymn Rose, has been visiting care homes across the region for around six years to help staff feel more confident in supporting families and close… Read More

The team here at A W Lymn would like to welcome you to our brand new blog page. This will feature regular posts updating readers on the latest news and advice from our company, as well as the wider industry. Check back here regularly to have a read through the latest posts we’ve been sharing… Read More

Our Chairman is marking 50 years as a qualified funeral director and embalmer. Nigel Lymn Rose has spearheaded our company for more than half a century and has continued to keep our legacy of quality of service and value for money at the heart of everything we do. Now he celebrates hitting an honourable half-a-century… Read More

We have invested in our first fully electric hearse to provide more choice for those wanting a climate-conscious send-off. The purchase responds to the needs of those in the region, as new data we collected in our Funeral Choices survey earlier this year found that nearly three quarters of those surveyed in Nottingham say a… Read More

We have expanded our extensive reach of care for the bereaved across the region with our latest purchase in the centre of Worksop. The new ground-floor funeral home, with residential flats above, will be our 28th funeral home. Established in Sneinton in 1907, we have helped the bereaved in the region for nearly 120 years,… Read More

We are incredibly proud to announce we have scooped a prestigious accolade at an East Midlands awards ceremony. We took home the Family Business award at The Business Desk East Midlands Business Masters 2023. The winners were announced on Thursday, October 19, in front of a sell-out audience of 300 people at the Crowne Plaza… Read More

This October marks 20 years since we completed our largest acquisition, taking over the Ilkeston Co-op Funeral Division and acquiring six new funeral homes. Matt Winman, who currently works as our Operations Manager after joining during the acquisition, explains how working at the company broadened his horizons, introduced a family feel at work and created… Read More

This baby loss awareness week, one of our funeral directors who has supported hundreds of families through the loss of babies and young children has spoken about her experiences over the years. Teresa Spencer, who has three decades of experience in the industry, discusses how the bereaved can be supported during this difficult period. Speaking… Read More

A fault in incoming flight data caused widespread disruption at the end of August, leaving thousands of passengers stranded abroad or unable to leave the UK. While passengers were upset about their holidays being affected, what happens to those who are waiting for the body of a loved one to come home? Jackie Lymn Rose,… Read More

We are backing a campaign to add bereavement to the national curriculum to help children deal with loss and understand death as part of life. The petition, which was set up by the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) earlier this year to make bereavement lessons part of compulsory Relationships education, received over 10,000 signatures.… Read More