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The funeral procession included floral tributes on a lorry

THE funeral of a North-East businessman who built up his family-run firm into a successful and prize-winning enterprise took place yesterday.

Keith Hunwick, 51, of Chester-le-Street, managing director of the Birtley-based ES Access Platforms, died on Thursday last week following his fight with cancer.

Family and friends said a final farewell at the parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert in Chester-le-Street.

His mother, Jean, said: "He was very brave. He went to work right until the end and fought his illness all the way."

Mr Hunwick left school with no qualifications, but with a keen interest in machines, he went on and educated himself, qualifying as an engineer.

After initially working as a mechanic, he set up a window cleaning business with the help of his late father, Ronald.

The two then created an electrical services business and went into wagon operating, before buying a piece of land in Portobello, Birtley, to set up ES Access Platforms in 1982.

Over 25 years, he and his family, built up ES Access Platforms into the country's leading provider of cherry pickers and access platforms, with depots in Scotland and Leeds.

Mr Hunwick leaves second wife Bernadette and sons Ian, 26, Lee, 24, and Dean 29, who all work in the business. He also had a brother, Paul.

3:28pm Thursday 3rd July 2008

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