Glasgow Funeral Company Host First Online Memorial Service

Glasgow’s leading independent family funeral company, Anderson Maguire, hosted the first online Memorial Service for more than 300 families from across Scotland with family and friends joining online from the United States, Australia and Japan amongst others.

Organised by Chairman Dom Maguire, the event was an opportunity for families to join together from across the globe to hear their loved one’s name read out and a candle  lit in their memory.

Dom Maguire, Chairman of Anderson Maguire Funeral Directors, said:

“We know many people have not been able to have the funeral service they want or deserve for their loved one in recent months.

“We wanted to provide an Online Memorial Service to provide some solace to families and an opportunity for all those who have been bereaved to come together as a community and honour their loved one.

“The last few months have also been incredibly challenging for us as funeral directors.  Our natural instincts are to reach out to all those bereaved through physical touch and our inability to do that will continue for some time yet.  We hope that our words and actions are testament to how much we care.”

The Herald Scottish Family Business Awards in association with Business Gateway  recognise and reward family businesses of all sizes and all sectors in Scotland.

Many of Scotland’s biggest and best-known businesses have started out as family firms. Some of these big players have continued to grow under family ownership and management, and have become household names, while others have listed on the stock market and made it all the way to the FTSE-100 index.

Previous winners include the likes of Three Sisters Bake, Auchrannie Resort, outdoor equipment and clothing maker Highlander, jeweller Laings of Glasgow, egg specialist Glenrath Farms and till software provider Zonal Retail Data Systems.

Now in their fifth year the awards will continue to celebrate the success of the diverse, dynamic and innovative family business sector, and the contribution which these firms make to the communities in which they operate and to the wider economy.

The Herald Scottish Family Business Awards took place in the Grand Central hotel in Glasgow on Wednesday 7th December 2016.