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Jul- 2021 -12 JulyLatest News
Pre-paid funeral plan trust regulation – assessing your options
Most operators of trust-based pre-paid funeral plans will be reappraising their operations this summer, with the publication last week of…
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May- 2021 -15 MayFeatures
How to: Officiating a child’s funeral
Fortunately, these days children’s funerals are few and far between. For those involved, they’re the ones that no-one looks forward…
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14 MayFeatures
Soapbox: Prepayment plans and the wholesale funeral
There is actually no such thing as a wholesale cost for a funeral, it’s just a term adopted by the …
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10 MayFeatures
Not talking about death could mean ‘funeral poverty’ for families
The term “funeral poverty” is described to coin the ever-increasing number of families who struggle to pay for funerals for…
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Apr- 2021 -19 AprilBusiness
Coles Funeral Directors opens new Llandaff branch
Independent, Cardiff-based funeral directors, Coles Funeral Directors, has revealed it has marked another key phase of business growth by opening…
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9 AprilCoronavirus
FD calls for further Covid research to ease pain of bereavement
London funeral director Paul McLean of Integrity Funeral Care is calling for government-backed research into the risks of Covid-19 being…
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Mar- 2021 -19 MarchBusiness
Mortuary solutions provider Flexmort acquired by investors
Flexmort – flexible mortuary cooling solutions provider – has been acquired by a group of investors led by Noar Limited…
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12 MarchCoronavirus
CMI notes over 50,000 excess deaths in second wave
During the coronavirus pandemic, the Continuous Mortality Investigation (CMI) has noted that the UK has experienced over 50,000 excess deaths…
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3 MarchBusiness
BDO calls for providers to take action ahead of pre-paid shake-up
Providers of pre-paid funeral plans “now have just months to prepare for a fundamental shake-up” of the industry after the…
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3 MarchFeatures
The Three-Way Relationship – Celebrants, funeral directors and families
What do I want from a funeral director? As a celebrant the first thing is obvious, I want a call…
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