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Funeral director recognised as top independent company in milestone countdown to Small Business Saturday

North Lincolnshire operator praised as 2022 becomes a double celebration after Chamber success

Jason and Nichola Threadgold, of Jason Threadgold Funeral Director.

A northern Lincolnshire funeral director has been selected as one of the nation’s 100 most inspiring small businesses.

Jason Threadgold has parlours in Scunthorpe, Brigg and Barton, has been highlighted as Small Business Saturday º£½ÇÊÓÆµ celebrates its 10th anniversary this coming weekend.

Founded by husband and wife team Jason and Nichola Threadgold in 2014, the recognition follows it being named Small Business of the Year at the Northern Lincolnshire Business Awards in May.

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Mr Threadgold said: “We feel so proud and humbled to have been chosen from so many other wonderful small businesses.”

A grassroots, not-for-profit movement, Small Business Saturday first came to the º£½ÇÊÓÆµ in 2013 has grown into an iconic campaign celebrating small business success and encouraging consumers to shop local and support businesses in their communities.

The campaign was originally founded by American Express in the US in 2010, and the brand remains the principal supporter.

“It’s fantastic to celebrate small firms just like Jason Threadgold Funeral Director as part of our 10-year anniversary of the campaign,” said Michelle Ovens CBE, director of Small Business Saturday º£½ÇÊÓÆµ. “Over the past decade we have been able to spotlight dynamic businesses from across the nation, who remind us of the incredible tenacity and determination of small firms in this country. It’s brilliant to have Jason Threadgold Funeral Director in this year’s SmallBiz100 line-up.”