Start A Funeral Business

Develop Your Business Plan

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Starting Your Own Funeral Business (2 days)

This course is about starting your own business in the funeral sector. The tutors have all set up their own successful funeral businesses to a very high standard with long and proven track records.

This course offers you the opportunity to look at your market proposition, what you need to set up, how much things cost, setting up premises, the cash flow of a funeral business and some legal aspects.

We set up our funeral business from scratch, without prior knowledge of the sector.

We wish we had had access to the information we can give you now. We will help you better understand your options. Setting up your own funeral business means that you can do things exactly as you want to.

Having the right business model is vital for running a client centred, flexible and transparent funeral business. We explore different models.

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"The course was well-organised, informative and consistently interesting. There was a good balance of practical exercises, open discussion and theory work. Simon, Jane and Steve imparted a huge amount of information whilst encouraging individual thoughts and beliefs. The basics of arranging a funeral were covered in an imaginative and thought-provoking way so that I enjoyed the whole learning process."

Nicola de la Croix

Course Tutors

Steve Nimmo started Chester Pearce in 2010 and the company is now directing in the region of 250 funerals a year from 2 branches.

Also Steve is an expert in repatriation of personnel from the Armed Forces, mass fatalities and exhumation. He is most proud of Funeral Assist, which he set up to help families without sufficient funds to purchase a funeral.

Simon Smith worked in corporate finance and as a business and leadership consultant prior to coming into the funeral business.

He is author of the book ‘Inner Leadership’. With Jane Morrell he has developed and grown Heart And Soul Funerals into an award winning market leader in modern funerals.

Subjects that are covered

Different business models to get started in the funeral business

Equipment and premises you need

Costs of setting up

How to access resources

Finding your marketing niche

Making a marketing and business plan

Staffing

Finances

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