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| Vito Goes Down A Storm With Tempest (15/09/08)
- versatility and finish makes John P. Tempest Funeral Service the latest convert to Binz private ambulance ownership ...
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 John Tempest (right), receiving the keys to his firm's new Vito private ambulance from Mike Ainscough, Binz UK corporate sales director. |
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| Binz Blows The Bloody Doors Off (15/09/08)
- Raising money for charity on The Italian Job Touring Event starting on 28th October, with a Mini Mayfair and support from Binz ... MORE
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 Teeside Crematorium Open Day
On Sunday, 14th September, Middlesbrough Council are organising an Open Day at their Teeside Crematorium in Acklam Road.
The event will run from 11 am through to 4.00 pm, and will feature participation from the National Association of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF), and ourselves.
On display will be examples of both the Binz iF Design award-winning four door hearse, and the Vito private ambulance. If you have time to spare on the Sunday, we would be delighted to see you there.
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One Hundred Hearses For Croydon
(29/08/08)
One Hundred Hearses For Croydon - 'British Institute of Funeral Directors to stage hearse cavalcade on Saturday 26th October.
A Guinness World Record attempt ... MORE
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Croydon hearse run instigators Adrian and Diane Pink (centre) with Binz iF Design award-winning hearse.
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Sales Force Expands
(01/08/08)
Sales Force Expands - 'Ethos of reliability and professionalism' draws John Townsend as new
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John Townsend, new northern area sales representative for Binz UK.
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EBAY ALERT
- A Binz for under 10K? It is too good to be true.
A 2004 Mercedes E270 hearse is currently being listed on Ebay UK. This is a Binz 5 door hearse that is described as "being up and running" and "registered as low-level Cat D flood damage". This vehicle is known to us, and has in fact been left standing in water in last year's floods to the level of the dashboard. We have so far had no requests for any unique-to-Binz spare parts for this vehicle, so cannot vouch for any of the claims made by the seller as to its fitness for purpose, or correct functionality of on-board safety and other electronic systems. Binz UK Ltd. wishes to disassociate itself from this vehicle and the seller.
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 Binz Supports SAIF
NEWSFLASH
Binz will be supporting SAIF's Funeral Choices Show over the next months, which are being held at several locations around the country. During June, we will be at these locations:
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4th June 2008 at the Ramada Hotel, St. Albans Road West, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
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19th June 2008 at the Connaught Rooms, 40-56 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
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28th June 2008, to coincide with the SAIF Welsh Independents' Day, at the Aberavon Beach Hotel, Neath, Port Talbot, Swansea Bay, South Wales.
Binz will present their distinctive iF Design award winning five door hearse and Mercedes-Benz Vito-based private ambulance for viewing by the trade and the public at this forward looking event. This is an opportunity for Funeral Directors and members of the public to meet and exchange ideas, discuss needs, and appreciate the products and services available to facilitate funerals, without the stress of an immediate bereavement.
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Boxing Clever With Binz
(30/06/08)
Dewsbury-based Eric F. Box Funeral Directors choose Binz Vito retrieval vehicle to enhance their provision of care ...
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Edward Box of Eric F. Box Funeral Directors (right) accepting the keys to the firms new Binz private ambulance from Mike Ainscough, director of corporate sales, Binz UK.
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Fulfilling
a Wish
(25/06/08)
Getting
back to work at Guernsey's Aurigny airport on was one of
the goals David Ormrod set himself as he battled cancer.
Mindful of this wish, the family asked Channel Islands'
Argent Funeral Directors to arrange for the funeral
cortege to stop at the terminal building, so workers who
could not attend could pay their last respects to a
popular colleague.
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Argent Funeral Director's
silver Binz three door hearse pausing outside the
Aurigny terminal building - Picture courtesy Guernsey
Press.
Reproduced courtesy Guernsey Press and Star.
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Meeting
the Maker
(19/06/08)
Mercedes
Enthusiast magazine's Ian Kuah sees how a Binz is made
and talks to Binz
joint-Manging Director Gunther Schoenleber in Germany,
and Binz UK CEO Peter Smith over here. Read the feature
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Mercedes Enthusiast's takes
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When Only
The Best Will Do
(30/05/08)
When Only
The Best Will Do - Excellence of Binz fleet complements
quality of service offered from new Cullompton funeral
home at A H Squires & Son, who are all set to celebrate
their 75th anniversary in ...
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Walter H. Squires &
Son's new Cullompton funeral home with Binz hearse:
quality fleet goes hand in hand with quality premises
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Silver Serves Plymouth Well
(30/05/08)
Silver Serves Plymouth Well - Choosing a Binz silver fleet helps raise profile of Plymouth and South West Co-operative
Society. The bigger the business, the more conservative you might think its management to be. So ordering an all-silver fleet
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 Jack
Walsh (right), Plymouth & South West Co-operative
Society general manager, taking delivery of the
co-operative's new silver Binz funeral fleet from Mike
Ainscough, Binz director of corporate sales.
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Binz Vito is Purpose-built Addition to Argent Fleet
(30/04/08)
Guernsey funeral directors
Argent opt for versatile private ambulance from Binz - as part of their bid to become one of the Island's leading funeral service...
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Gary and Jai Vaudin of Argent Funeral Directors: 'immensely impressed by the attention to detail of their new Binz Vito private ambulance.
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Five Go Mad In The Mud
(30/04/08)
Binz service technicians take time off to try 'brute tech' instead of 'hi-tech'.
The Binz UK 'Grand Day Out' began with a the obligatory safety briefing, after which the group of eager service people were introduced to
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What highly-skilled workshop technicians do on their days off: Binz UK's technical director Lee Smith (extreme right) and his team of budding tankers.
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Lincoln and Binz Co-operate
(31/03/08)
First Binz vehicles purchased by Lincoln Co-operative Funeral Service set to enhance the service it offers across 13 branches ... MORE
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 Head of funerals David Dernley (left), recieiving the keys to Lincoln Co-operative's new five door hearse and matching six door limousine from Mike Ainscough, director of corporate sales at Binz
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Harpins Dedicated to Binz
(31/03/08)
Wakefield-based Harpins Funeral Services opt for Vito retrieval vehicle ... MORE
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 Mike Ainscough, director of corporate sales at Binz UK, handing over the keys of Harpins Funeral Services' new Vito retrieval vehicle to the firm's Sean Harpin
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Binz Offers Continuity
(31/03/08)
Binz Offers Continuity - Hearnden and Daughters stick with Binz to keep its Nilsson based Volvo fleet evergreen
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 Suzanne Hearnden of Hearnden and Daughters with the firm's latest acquisition, a Nilsson Volvo 960 hearse supplied through Binz UK
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Facts and feedback favour Binz
(31/01/08)
Chesham-based funeral directors choose Binz after evaluating loan vehicles from all the competition.
Family-owned Church View Funeral Directors of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, has a long tradition of offering a dignified quality service to the
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 (from left) Kevin Smith, sales director of Binz with the new
Church View fleet. Accepting the keys is Sandra Satterly, director of the company, joined for the occasion by Ken Satterly and Glynn Satterly.
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Leicester to Lands End
(31/01/08)
Leicester to Lands End - Tony Bates, Binz's new southern sales executive is tasked to cover all points south.
When your patch covers a swathe of England from the
Midlands to Cornwall, there is not much time to sit at a
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Tony Bates: building relationships for Binz.
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Binz Offshore
(01/12/07)
Binz three door hearse proves ideal for narrow roads and tight turns of Guernsey for Argent Funeral Directors.
When Gary and Jai Vaudin of Guernsey-based Argent Funeral Directors set about developing
their business plan as long ago as 1998, they envisaged a very
different proposal from what was then - and still is - the norm for UK funeral
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Jai and Gary Vaudin of Argent Funeral Directors accepting the keys to their new Binz three door hearse from Binz CEO Peter Smith.
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Quality Pays Dividends
for Binz
(01/12/07)
Service and excellence in design win repeat business for Binz from Basingstoke's Spencer and Peyton Funeral Directors.
The second-generation family-run business, established in
1961, had dealt with Peter Smith, Chief Executive of Binz UK for many years and knew that the quality of
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John Harris of Spencer and Peyton Funeral Directors accepting the keys to the firm's new Binz fleet from Binz UK CEO Peter Smith.
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Second Sri Lanka Order Confirms Global Reach of Binz Brand
(01/11/07)
Jarayatne Funeral Palour purchase, complements exceptional levels of service offered to high-profile clientele.
Investing in a funeral fleet is not something that is done lightly. But how much more difficult can that decision be, if your vehicle manufacturer lies half-way around the globe?
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Gamini Jarayatne of Jarayatne Funeral Parlour, Colombo, Sri Lanka with his firm's new Binz five-door hearse.
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Love At First Sight?
(01/11/07)
Newport-based Tovey Bros Funeral Directors choose Binz Vito private ambulance after first sight of vehicle at National Funeral Exhibition.
Binz was one of the exhibitors he made a point to visit as he had heard and read about the firm and its products, but had never dealt with the company before
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James Tovey (left) of ToveyBros Funeral Directors accepting the keys to his firm's new
Vito private ambulance from Binz sales
director Kevin Smith.
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Floods Present No Problem For Binz
(01/10/07)
Rapid delivery helps Banbury' funeral director J & M Humphris
replace flood damaged hearse in record time. This summer's floods caught a great number of people by surprise,
with J&M Humphris of Banbury being just one of the ...
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Chris Humphris of J & M Humphris receiving the keys to his firm's new Binz hearse from Mike Ainscough, Binz's corporate sales manager
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Owen Makes It a Family Affair
(01/10/07)
Tom Owen & Son of Llandudno are no strangers to the quality and dignity of Binz vehicles. The firm had already experienced the Binz five door hearse which proved to be a head turner in Llandudno.
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Mike Ainscough, Binz corporate sales manager, handing over the keys to the new Binz limousine to Scott Owen of Tom Owen and Son, Llandudno.
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The 21st Century Hearse
(03/09/07)
Binz consolidates position in overseas RHD markets with supply to leading South African funeral director of
three door hearse. The potential for development of this relationship is huge for both Binz and 21st Century Funerals.
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Aubrey Mkhabela of 21st South Africa's Century Funerals taking possession of his company’s new Binz three door E-Class based hearse from Binz CEO Peter Smith
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Vito Fills Vital Need
With the first examples of these vehicles already earning their keep with UK funeral
directors and an order book now stretching into the high teens,
interest in Binz's Mercedes-Benz Vito private ambulance since
the 'official' debut at the NFE. ...
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Mercedes-Benz Vito based
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Binz Goes Compact
(03/09/07)
Launch of brochure on a CD is a first for funeral vehicle sector:
"It's about helping people get straight to the information they need - without placing obstacles in their way".
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Lee Cooper's Five Star Deal
Coalville independent takes delivery of three car Binz fleet within two weeks of placing order.
For any business buying a new fleet of vehicles is a big commitment; for a funeral director it is perhaps more critical to the development of his business than it is for most other fleet
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From left: Peter Smith Binz CEO with Lee Cooper, who is accepting the keys to his firm's new three-car fleet from Binz sales director Kevin Smith
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Binz Plays Fifth Gear Ace
(31/08/07)
Channel 5 TV motoring programme
Fifth Gear shines spotlight on CLS extended E-Class. Starring alongside presenters Vicki Butler-Henderson, Tom Ford and Johnny Smith, the hearse was filmed by one of the best motoring film crews in the business to highlight the exquisite lines and details that have made the Binz the market leader in the funeral sector.
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Binz's Roberta Smith, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Tom Ford, Johnny Smith - all from Fifth Gear - and Kevin Smith from Binz, taking a break from filming with the CLS version of the Binz 5-door E-Class based
hearse.
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Coupe de grace
(25/06/07)
Its not enough these days to operate the best engineered cars in the world. They have to look good too. Nowhere is this truer than in the exalted world of the top class European coachbuilders, where luxury saloons are hand-crafted into the 6-door limousines that
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CLS re-style for Binz extended E-Class brings touch of class to limousine and hearse
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Binz Gets Into Gear for Stoneleigh
(21/06/07)
Binz UK will be maximising its presence on Stand C2 at the national Funeral Exhibition at Stoneleigh Park, 15th/17th June 2007. The family run UK distributor of Binz limousines, hearses and private ambulances will be displaying a full range of products to the profession.
Visitors to the Binz stand will be able to see the uniformity of quality and design employed throughout
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National Funeral Exhibition shows
off Binz line to advantage.
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Binz goes
concrete bowling
(30/05/07)
SMMT Test
Day '07 event allows UK motoring press to put Binz
through its paces.
Around the
Millbrook Proving Ground’s banked concrete bowl at a
steady 100 mph goes the big black Binz. For Binz UK, the
ability to take whatever the Proving Ground had to throw
at its 6-door extended chassis Mercedes-Benz E-Class
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SMMT Test Day '07 images,
Millbrook bowl and hill circuits.
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Binz Get Smart
How can you save the planet, cut your own costs and still save money for your clients?
By thinking out of the box - like Binz UK, which is using Smart cars to keep
its vehicle servicing charges competitive. MORE
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Binz UK: working smarter, not harder
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Art set to imitate life?
It isn't something that the biggest of publicity seekers would dream of making capital out of. It just wouldn't be right. However, funerals are one of the three big days in one's life. Increasingly, there is a return to celebration and showmanship and with that comes a demand for style.
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Binz hearse - adding class
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One Good Thing Leads To Another
The old saying that one good thing leads to another is certainly true for both Walter H. Squires & Son funeral directors and bespoke coachbuilders, Binz UK.
In 2006 Ryan Squires, of Walter H. Squires & Son, took delivery of a Binz Vito private ambulance, and was quoted at that point as commenting on the high standard of finish on a vehicle that few would ever
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(From left) Kevin Smith, sales director of Binz UK,
handing over the keys of Walter H. Squires & Son’s
new Binz fleet, to Ryan and Melanie Squires.
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Hoops or Loopholes?
The issue of the legality of limousines is something that most funeral directors have never really had to worry about. Technically their limousines should have hackney carriage plates, but most UK councils are happy to test the vehicles and allow their use as funeral cars without showing their plates.
However, in recent years the UK has become inundated with American style stretch limousines which not only stretch the chassis but also the law - and their operation is said by the Police to be used as a front for further questionable practices
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McLaren Adds 'Facelift' Binz To Fleet
With purpose built funeral homes at both Coatbridge and Airdrie in Lanarkshire, Donald McLaren Ltd. operates an 11 strong funeral fleet. The company has now purchased a Binz Mercedes-Benz E-Class based extended-chassis limousine to add to their existing fleet.
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Charles Flannigan, MD of
Donald McLaren Ltd. receiving the keys to his company's
new 'facelift' Binz limousine from Mike Ainscough, Binz
UK corporate sales manager
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Water, Water Everywhere
Picture the scene. Just as everything seems set for the cortege to move off, a breathless relative emerges from the house with an elaborate floral tribute that's all-too-obviously just been plucked from a bucket of water. Whilst a good shake behind the closed doors of the funeral home might be in order, this is not something that will go down too well in ...MORE
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Binz flower trays: saving burr walnut from watermark
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Thoroughly legal limousines.
European formal limousine vs. American stretch limo - is there a difference? You betcha.
There has been a growing
level of controversy over the use and licensing of
limousines around the UK. This has been precipitated by
the burgeoning growth of American style stretched
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Best Of Both Worlds
From Victorian elegance
to the latest in contemporary design, Binz vehicles
are chosen to complement A and D Pink's horse-drawn hearse.
The family business, established for 25 years, has for
some time offered a traditional horse drawn mourning
carriage as part of its client-focussed funeral
services. However, when Adrian and Diane Pink decided to
renew their automotive funeral fleet they had little no
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Kevin Smith, sales manager Binz UK handing over the keys of the new A & D Pink Binz fleet
to Adrian and Diane Pink, with Binz UK CEO Peter Smith.
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| Dorset Funeral Directors Finalise Binz Fleet Renewal
The Dorset-based family of funeral directors FC
Douch has now finalised its fleet renewal programme with the delivery of eight cars from Binz (UK) Ltd.
Opting for the iF Design award winning Binz hearses and the timeless lines of the E-class Binz limousines provides the group with ...MORE
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Figures All Add Up For Tempest (09/06/06)
There are all sorts of reasons for buying a Binz but
sometimes the plain and simple fact is that if you want
the best, only a Binz will do. Especially if your
business development plan demands a radical shift from
the make-do-and mend approach of running pre-owned
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Commonwealth
Connections (20/03/06)
When the UK joined the
European Union we were told of how it would open up
trading avenues within Europe. Others saw the UK as a
doorway to the Commonwealth markets. A combination of
those concepts has resulted in the sale of the first
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