Former well-known restaurant transformed into funeral home as T J Parry relocates to larger premises 

An independent funeral director has moved into premises three times the size of its former base as the company continues to grow. 

T J Parry & Family Funeral Directors, based in Burton upon Trent, has relocated from Station Street to the Anson Court development on Horninglow Street, creating a funeral home on the site of the former Jee Ja Jee’s Indian restaurant. 

The firm has invested £80,000 in the new premises with them being taken ‘back to the bricks’ and being completely refurbished and redecorated. 

The move is expected to create two jobs, with recruitment due to take place in the summer. 

Founder Timothy Parry, who started the business in 2018, said: “We have always provided the highest levels of professionalism, care, dignity, and respect to our clients which we have become well known for and this has resulted in us needing to relocate to larger premises. 

“We chose the new location as it offers a beautiful and prominent setting for our business. 

“The building is full of character and provides a real charm inside and out now, and following the refurbishment works carried out, offers the most perfect of funeral homes. Our new premises provide more quality space for our families and further deceased care facilities. 

“This move has enabled us to create a calm and comfortable space for grieving families, whilst continuing to provide the highest standards of care for our clients. The additional space also allows for more staff to join our family, as part of our natural growth.” 

Timothy, who grew up in the town, started working in the funeral industry at Bretby Crematorium as a 14-year-old following a family bereavement. 

He worked his way up the ladder at two funeral directors and set up his company after achieving industry-recognised qualifications. 

He has since picked up a number of awards and now employs three full-time members of staff and six people on a part-time basis. 

The letting of the premises was completed by commercial property agents and consultants Salloway. 

Commercial Agency Surveyor Simon Walker said: “I am absolutely delighted to have helped Tim with his relocation to these larger premises, having been initially involved with finding him a suitable commercial property and concluding the letting when he started his own business over five years ago. 

“His relocation to the award-winning Anson Court Development on Horninglow St, Burton, provides much needed expansion space for his business, and he has transformed the premises completely to provide a truly high quality feel funeral home.” 

Salloway’s Burton office has already agreed terms for a new letting of Timothy’s former retail unit to be used as a new micro pub. The firm has also recently agreed new lease terms for the unit next to T J Parry’s old base, which was operated as a dessert shop until November last year and is in the process of opening imminently as a new nail bar.

Salloway has continued their run of recent success and has almost completed on a new letting of a 2,305 sq ft high quality office suite, also located on the Anson Court development, which is set to become a new `home’ to a locally based, long-established solicitor’s practice.