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
News
A.W. Lymn feature regularly in the regional news and funeral sector publications. On this page you can find all of our latest news stories, from thought-leading articles to celebratory stories about our long-serving team members.
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We are helping the bereaved to keep the memories of those they have lost alive through our gravestone maintenance scheme. Our A.W. Lymn The Craftsman in Stone, has grown a talented and experienced team of stonemasons, based at our Robin Hood House headquarters in Sneinton, Nottingham, to restore and maintain our customers’ gravestones. We are currently… Read More
We have recorded an increase in individuals choosing to make the sea their final resting place, with an uptake in people opting for pre-paid funeral plans for burial at sea. While traditionally popular with members of the Royal Navy, the service is available to anyone if the right steps are taken. The option offers a… Read More
We are proud to share that we have consolidated our commitment to a cleaner future after securing a council grant, allowing us to significantly increase the number of electric vehicle charging points at our head-quarters. It comes after we invested in our first fully electric hearse and accompanying fleet in 2023 – the largest of… Read More
We have expanded our extensive reach of care for the bereaved into the West Midlands. Soon to be rebranded as Hammerwich Crematorium & Cemetery, we have acquired the eight-acre site currently known as Chase & District Memorial Park in Lichfield. It comprises a new crematorium, which has been in operation for 18 months, on the… Read More
We have joined forces with a pub in Nottingham to create the most floral street corner in the city. Alongside The Bath Inn we have decorated our buildings in Robin Hood Street, Sneinton with a display of 76 hanging baskets of petunias, with the hope of making the most of the final weeks of summer… Read More
We are now the first funeral director in the UK to address the lack of formal regulation of uncollected ashes in the industry – by creating a record on an online public register. We have uploaded information of all cremated remains in our possession since before 2000 to ‘The Ashes Register’, a new initiative designed… Read More
A former tennis coach turned funeral arranger has shared how he has found his ‘second vocation’ in the funeral industry. Andy McFeeters, 61, decided to retire from sports coaching in July 2023 after a 30-year career, and pursue a new role in the funeral industry with us. Now in the final stage of… Read More
We ar eproud to have helped to raise almost £400,000 for Nottingham Hospitals Charity (NUH) through donations made at our funerals. Over the last five years, we have facilitated £392,000 of donations to NUH, which has been used across medical institutions in the local area to help improve patient care. The sum forms part of… Read More
A family from Nottinghamshire has requested our services to grow a real-life diamond from their loved one’s cremated remains. After the passing of her husband, a woman who lives near Bingham, Nottinghamshire and wishes to remain anonymous, wanted to create a lasting reminder that she could treasure forever. She said: “When you lose your loved… Read More