Month: October 2017
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Oct- 2017 -30 OctoberCurrent Affairs
FPA chief executive to speak at Funeral Director Show
Funeral Director Show 2018 is pleased to add Graeme McAusland, chief executive of the Funeral Planning Authority, to its list…
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30 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Paul Williams Funeral Directors acquire new premises
Paul Williams Independent Funeral Directors Ltd, a family owned funeral directors based in Bury, North Manchester, has acquired new, larger…
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27 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Date set for post mortem reconstructive course
William Purves Embalming Academy will hold a five day post mortem reconstructive surgery course at The University of Edinburgh’s Old…
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27 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Funeral professional swims English Channel for charity
On July 2 2017 after many months of cold water training in Dover Harbour, Nichola Murch of T. Cribb and Sons completed…
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23 OctoberFeatures
Legal drugs – are you safeguarding your employees?
Suzannah Robin is an alcohol and drug safety expert at AlcoDigital (www.alcodigital.co.uk). She highlights the often-overlooked dangers of employees taking…
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23 OctoberCurrent Affairs
World’s toughest emission charge comes into effect
The world’s toughest emission standard, the £10 Toxicity Charge (T-Charge) to help tackle London’s lethal air pollution and get older…
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19 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Trevor Hunnaball marks 60 years within the funeral sector
The Hunnaball Family Funeral Group recently hosted a celebration party to commemorate its Chairman’s 60 years service to the funeral…
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19 OctoberCurrent Affairs
New installation hopes to ‘redesign the dialogue’ around death
On the evening of 3rd November, a thought-provoking sound installation Life. Death. Whatever. will take over Christ’s Chapel at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Life. Death. Whatever. is…
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19 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Almost a third of families block organ donation
Almost a third of families blocked organ donation because they felt the process took ‘too long’. BBC 5 live found…
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17 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Campaigners hold funeral procession in Parliament Square
Campaigners dressed as funeral directors and mourners challenged Mr. Hammond to increase the fund to cover basic funeral costs and…
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