Technology/Equipment
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Aug- 2018 -7 August
Funeral profession urged to ditch chipboard coffins to cut cremation emissions
Britain could massively reduce the amount of pollution caused by cremations if more environmentally-friendly materials were used in the construction…
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Jun- 2018 -22 June
Emergency services practise obese rescues with Ruth Lee dummies
Funeral directors, firefighters and ambulance crews have been using 40 stone manikins in training exercises to practise rescuing obese people.…
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May- 2018 -25 May
Nottingham funeral directors offer Simon Cowell’s car as hearse
A Nottingham funeral director is offering clients the chance to take their final journey in a Rolls Royce Phantom VII…
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2 May
Sheffield Coroner’s Office among first to trial new drug test
A Sheffield Coroner’s Office has become one of the first to use a new sweat-based drug test to determine cause…
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Apr- 2018 -24 April
Co-op crematorium to broadcast services via the internet
Central England Co-operative Funeralcare has officially opened its refurbished crematorium in Derbyshire, which includes the instalment of technology to allow…
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Feb- 2018 -1 February
Funeral Zone hits 1m monthly views
Funeral Zone is now generating a million page views every month. Over the past year, its funeral director listings, help…
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Jan- 2018 -22 January
‘Deep freeze’ funerals could be coming to the UK
A ‘green’ alternative to burials and cremation could be coming to the UK in the form of ‘deep freeze’ funerals.…
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Oct- 2017 -27 October
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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10 October
New service links funeral directors’ websites to online bereavement counselling
Clients can now access bereavement counsellors directly from funeral directors’ websites, thanks to GriefChat, a brand new service. The online…
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Sep- 2017 -27 September
Dead Right announces partnership with Headspace
As part of Dead Right’s drive to change the way people think about, plan for and arrange their funerals, it…
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