Month: January 2017
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Jan- 2017 -11 JanuaryEconomy
Small business confidence bounces back
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has revealed today that UK small business confidence in the last quarter bounced back…
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9 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
Cold weather deaths rise
Europe is experiencing a high level of deaths due to cold weather as icy temperature prevail. With more than 20…
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9 JanuaryEconomy
Pound falls following Brexit comments
The value of the pound has fallen to its lowest point in two months following Prime Minister Theresa May announcing…
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6 JanuaryEvents
Funeral directors wins award for Outstanding Performing Business
Kenneth Keegan Independent Funeral Directors has been named an Outstanding Performing Business by Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce. The ‘ROCCO’ Awards…
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6 JanuaryTechnology/Equipment
Defibrillators installed in 32 funeral homes
90 lifesaving defibrillators have been installed within communities – with hundreds more planned for 2017. Central England Co-operative has installed the…
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6 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
Highgate Cemetery’s records now available online
Records for historic Highgate Cemetery are now available on a specialist family history website. All 160,000 burial records between 1839…
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6 JanuaryEvents
Coffin manufacturer helps put on panto
It was panto time in Oxford just before Christmas, when the Oxfordshire Freemasons entertained local disabled and disadvantaged youngsters with…
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5 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
Petrol price at highest for 18 months
Petrol and diesel prices are at the highest point since July 2015, with predictions of a continual increase. Petrol and…
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3 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
New online tool for young bereaved people launched
#Help2MakeSense, an online tool and campaign, has been launched to help bereaved young people make sense of their loss. It…
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