Business
Steven Mears Group invests in new hybrid vehicles
Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 14:05
Steven Mears Group invests in new hybrid vehicles
Mears Family Funerals and Mears and Jackson, part of the Steven Mears Group of companies, has acquired a new fleet…
Motorcycle Funeral founder remembered at QMUL research centre
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 14:06
Motorcycle Funeral founder remembered at QMUL research centre
Leicestershire pastor and Motorcycle Funerals founder Reverend Paul Sinclair , who died of a brain tumour last year, has been…
UPDATE: Thomas Bragg supports hospice through recycling scheme
Thursday, 13 February 2020, 14:17
UPDATE: Thomas Bragg supports hospice through recycling scheme
A Solihull funeral directors has gathered, counted and delivered 301,084 Christmas cards to a local hospice for recycling, which will…
Leicester funeral home damaged in car blaze
Monday, 10 February 2020, 14:53
Leicester funeral home damaged in car blaze
Leicester-based Ginns and Gutteridge funeral directors was damaged over the weekend after flames from a burning Mercedes car spread to…
Ambler Brothers reassures families after ‘huge’ tree collapses on site
Monday, 10 February 2020, 14:03
Ambler Brothers reassures families after ‘huge’ tree collapses on site
Employees at Moseley-based Ambler Brothers funeral home have reassured families after a “huge” tree fell onto the building as Storm…
Safe Hands announces expansion plans following acquisition
Thursday, 13 February 2020, 15:02
Safe Hands announces expansion plans following acquisition
Funeral plan provider Safe Hands has announced it is under new ownership following its acquisition by private investment company SHP…
Simplicity Sponsors Launch of Dying Matters 2020 campaign
Wednesday, 5 February 2020, 15:23
Simplicity Sponsors Launch of Dying Matters 2020 campaign
Simply Cremations has revealed it is sponsored the launch of the 2020 Dying Matters awareness campaign. This year’s theme, ‘Dying…
Co-op Funeralcare welcomes its 3,000th recruit
Monday, 3 February 2020, 14:57
Co-op Funeralcare welcomes its 3,000th recruit
Co-op Funeralcare has welcomed its 3,000th recruit today (3 January). Jennifer Plews joined the Co-op Funeralcare at Bridge Street, Kendal…
SAIF launches new helpline in partnership with Rowland Brothers
Monday, 3 February 2020, 14:35
SAIF launches new helpline in partnership with Rowland Brothers
Members of the National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) has announced its new helpline providing advice on…
SAIF claim SunLife Cost of Dying report is’ ‘seriously flawed’
Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 13:40
SAIF claim SunLife Cost of Dying report is’ ‘seriously flawed’
Independent funeral directors have argued that recent research on funeral prices by SunLife is “seriously flawed” and has potentially overstated…