Gateway Funeral Services: Put your trust in family’s values
Many apparently small, independent businesses are actually no such thing, often having been taken over at some point by a large chain.
They might retain their long-established name and operate from the same premises but, in reality, they are merely a branch of a much bigger company, tied to practices and prices set by a remote head office.
However, anyone who chooses to entrust their arrangements to Gateway Funeral Services can rest assured that this is not the case with this most authentic of family companies.
At Gateway, everyone involved takes pride in its independence and, as a consequence, its ability to tailor a funeral as closely as possible to a client’ s wishes.
“Whereas most chain funeral directors will offer a series of inflexible packages, we let customers know what every element will cost and, if desired, how to make savings without compromising the funeral in any way,” said Gateway’ s Lucy Hitchcock.
“All our prices are completely transparent, so the client’ s wishes and budget can be taken into account and the most appropriate balance between the two achieved.”
Furthermore, because Gateway has no centrally - imposed targets to meet, it can offer substantially lower prices than bigger firms: for example its Bronze funeral package, which offers coffin, hearse, cremation fee, celebrant or minister’ s fee and funeral staff on the day, is priced at £2,700.
“I researched seven funeral directors in our area offering the same type of service and found we offered an average saving of more than £900,” said Lucy.
Get in touch to find out more about the advantages of entrusting your funeral to this proud family company - visit www.gatewayfunerals.co.uk or call 0800 007 6842.
Established in 2008 by husband-and-wife Richard and Emma Arnold, the Gateway team now includes their sons Bailey and Charlie alongside experienced operatives dedicated to offering clients a service tailored as closely as possible to their wishes.
For these and many other reasons, Gateway is cementing its place as the funeral directors of choice in the area, with clients regularly saying they have come to it having first approached a bigger-name provider.
This is a fine testament to everyone at Gateway, where there is a sense of pride in its independence and, as a consequence, its ability to go that extra mile to make a funeral exactly what the family desires.
Along with this strong commitment to choice and compassion is an equal determination to give clients the very best value for money – also made possible by the company’s modest size and lack of costly overheads.
Gateway’s approach is to let customers know what every element will cost and, if desired, how to make savings without compromising the funeral in any way.
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