Propel Funeral Services snaps up another four businesses

Propel Funeral Services snaps up another four businesses
The growing business of funerals. (Image: Getty)
Rebecca Howard
Australian securities exchange-listed company Propel Funeral Partners has snapped up another four businesses, expanding its network in Australia and New Zealand.The four companies include Brunswick Valley Funerals, which provides funeral and related services in and around Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Gladstone Valley Funerals, in and around Gladstone, Queensland, Osbornes Funeral Directors, in and around Rotorua and Decra, which supplies headstones and monuments in NZ. In the case of Osbornes Funeral Directors, it will acquire 100% of the...

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