A Little About Us
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Our distinctive and successful heritage in the granite memorial market is built on expert and specialist knowledge of customer needs and a thorough understanding of the complex business of sourcing, manufacturing and wholesaling granite memorials.
Our highly skilled, professional teams are rigorously project focused and are dedicated to delivering outstanding products - on time and on budget.
George Willcox offers the trade an unrivalled diversity of products and services underpinned by a reliable and professional customer support function.
Choice. Quality. Reliability.
A brief history of George Willcox
| 1946 | Company founder George Willcox involved in sourcing the first Indian granite to be imported into the UK |
| 1975 | George Willcox (Granite) Limited founded |
| 1980 | Stan Linley appointed as Managing Director |
| 1983 | John Linley joins company |
| 1990 | Simon Bellamy appointed as director and 10 year expansion plan begins |
| 1992 | Fully equipped factory commissioned with Thibaut edge polishing, profiling and CNC controlled surface polishing |
| 1995 | First colour brochure launched setting industry standard |
| 2005 | New state of the art warehouse opened to modernise distribution |
| 2006 | George Willcox becomes largest memorial wholesaler in UK |
| 2007 | A record of 7 containers in a week is reached |
| 2008 | New warehousing and office complex planned |
The Future
George Willcox is now well positioned to exploit our strength in the Midlands and South of England with an expansion programme focusing on the North of England and Scotland.
Our increased warehousing, workshop and customer services and sales resource are geared to manage the planned growth with a seamless transition.
