Month: October 2016
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Oct- 2016 -28 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Douch Family Funeral Directors signs Fair Funeral Pledge
Dorset’s Douch Family Funeral Directors have signed the Fair Funeral Pledge – and published their prices. The scheme encourages funeral…
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28 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Competition challenges people to photograph “the toughest subject”
A new fundraising photography competition is challenging individuals across the country to take and submit images that Celebrate Life in the…
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28 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Funeral Zone secures £1m ‘angel’ funding to help bereaved
Funeral Zone, a website which helps the bereaved, has secured £1million in investment funding from business ‘angels’. Funeral Zone, launched by…
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28 OctoberLatest News
Let family know about pre-paid funeral plans, says funeral director
With the Alzheimer’s Society predicting that more than one million people in the UK will be living with dementia by…
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27 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Under 20% of autistic adults are employed full time
Just 16 percent of autistic adults are in full time work, according to The National Autistic Society. New research reveals…
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26 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Vatican publishes new cremation guidelines
The Vatican has published new guidelines for Catholics who wish to be cremated. Although many already follow these general rules, the…
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24 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Funeralbooker closes £750k investment
Funeralbooker has announced that it has closed a £750k seed round. The step forward will help the business accelerate its ambitious strategy…
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24 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Funeral cost plan for children needed, says Labour
Labour has asked the government to help bereaved families to cover funeral costs for children who die under the age…
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21 OctoberTechnology/Equipment
Do your clients safeguard digital assets?
Do your clients use social media, PayPal or online banking? Mike Jarvis asks how to safeguard digital assets after death…
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20 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Hundreds attend funeral for unknown baby girl
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of an unknown stillborn baby girl. Over 150 people visited Wolvercote Cemetery in Oxford in order…
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