Year: 2018
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Aug- 2018 -24 AugustBusiness
Funeral crowdfunding platform expands to UK
Fund the Funeral, the solution to funeral crowdfunding in the United States, has announced the release of its platform in…
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21 AugustCurrent Affairs
Co-op reveals findings of its ‘biggest ever’ death survey
Almost 18 million people are uncomfortable talking about death, according to Co-op’s “biggest ever” survey of over 30,000 people looking…
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21 AugustPeople
Watford named as the UK’s most expensive place to die
Funeral directors in Watford are charging 37 percent more than the UK average, reinforcing the notion of the ‘Watford Gap’,…
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17 AugustTrade Organisations
New partnership creates ‘education pathway for the funeral profession’
A new partnership between the Independent Funeral Directors (IFD) college and the British Institute of Funeral Directors (BIFD) has been…
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17 AugustBusiness
Essex company launches eco-friendly coffins
An Essex coffin company has launched a series of eco-friendly coffins that do not contain metal or plastic. The Brentwood-based…
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16 AugustCommunity
Nottinghamshire funeral firms join forces to keep local tradition alive
Two Nottinghamshire funeral suppliers joined forces to pay tribute to a local woman when they helped to organise an annual…
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16 AugustBusiness
Funeral Partners shortlisted in Personnel Today Awards
UK funeral services business, Funeral Partners, has been announced as a finalist in the Personnel Today Awards in the ‘Managing…
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16 AugustPeople
Funeral home training school to make director course more accessible
Two East Anglian tutors have teamed up to make the Diploma in Funeral Directing more accessible to students that feel…
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16 AugustTrade Organisations
SAIF Care exceeds 300 members
SAIF Care, the new bereavement counselling service, offered by the National Society of Allied Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) has surpassed 300 members…
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13 AugustCurrent Affairs
New specification for memorial stones published
A new specification for memorial stones in burial grounds and memorial sites has been published, five months after the standards…
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