Year: 2018
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Nov- 2018 -29 NovemberCharity
Wildlife charity gets a boost for Christmas
A Portsmouth teenager, who has devoted hours of her time to wildlife, has won a Christmas card competition run by…
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28 NovemberBusiness
Douch Family Funeral Directors knits ‘Hats for the Homeless’
Hundreds of scarves and hats knitted by volunteers through Douch Family Funeral Directors are to be distributed to the homeless…
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22 NovemberFeatures
They were here: How people use rituals to keep their dead alive
We have been told that we live in a death-denying world. In it, we are said to have sequestered or…
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22 NovemberPeople
Old habits ‘fuelling funeral overspending’
Traditional funeral providers continue to benefit from consumers being stuck in their ways as only four percent of mourners consider…
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22 NovemberEvents
Undertakers to build pyramid with cremated remains for yearly ritual
Ceremonial undertakers, The Green Funeral Company, are to build a pyramid using bricks filled with cremated remains to mark the…
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22 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Funeral ads banned by TfL win ‘Best Viral Campaign’ award
A series of controversial adverts that were initially banned by Transport for London (TfL) has earned advertising industry approval after…
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22 NovemberBusiness
Funeral director announces fundraising partnership with St Elizabeth Hospice
David Button Independent Funeral Directors has announced a fundraising partnership with St Elizabeth Hospice until 2020. The Felixstowe based funeral…
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14 NovemberBusiness
Dignity’s profits hit by cheaper funerals
Funeral provider Dignity recorded losses across all but one of its services in its latest financial results as competitors, including…
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14 NovemberCharity
New Blackmore Vale funeral home seeks charity partner
As a new funeral home in Sturminster Newton is preparing to open its doors to the public, an appeal is…
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14 NovemberBusiness
Aylesbury Vale Crematorium to open this winter
The new crematorium at Watermead will soon open its doors, after it was given the go-ahead by James Brokenshire MP,…
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