Burial
Burial continues to play a vital role in the UK’s funeral landscape, shaped by tradition, religious practice, land availability, and environmental considerations. Funeral Service Times provides comprehensive coverage on all aspects of burial, including cemetery operations, grave preparation, green burial initiatives, legal requirements, local authority management, and burial space strategy. Reporting focuses on regulatory updates, service innovation, operational challenges, and investment in cemetery infrastructure—supporting funeral professionals in delivering respectful, compliant, and sustainable burial services.
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Oct- 2016 -3 OctoberEvents
The Good Funeral Guide launches the Good Funeral Guild
The Good Funeral Guide has announced a series of new events. They will be run by its new organisation, The…
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Sep- 2016 -15 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
SAIF’s response to Social Fund funeral payment debate in House of Commons
On Wednesday, 14 September MP for Belfast East Gavin Robinson tabled a debate in the House of Commons that addressed concerns…
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14 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
Funeral costs rose 5.5 percent in one year, reports SunLife
SunLife’s 2016 Cost of Dying report has found that funerals rose by 5.5 percent in the course of a year.…
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9 SeptemberEvents
The Good Funeral Awards reveal 2016’s winners
The winners of the Good Funeral Awards 2016 were announced on September 8, at the Porchester Hall in London. Broadcaster…
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1 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
Funeral industry body launches UK coffin testing scheme
The funeral industry body, The Funeral Furnishing Manufacturer’s Association (FFMA) has this month launched a UK coffin and casket certification…
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Aug- 2016 -12 AugustCurrent Affairs
Woodland burial site becomes insolvent
Burial plots were sold multiple times at an environmentally friendly site with some already paying to reserve what they thought…
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4 AugustCurrent Affairs
FBCA endorses FFMA coffin protocol
Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities (FBCA) has announced that it will be endorsing the Funeral Furnishing Manufacturers Association (FFMA) coffin and casket…
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Jul- 2016 -22 JulyCurrent Affairs
Hundreds attend soldier’s funeral following social media appeal
Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a former solider following a social media appeal. Stewart Cooney, aged 95, passed…
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8 JulyCurrent Affairs
Response to proposals to changes of Cremation Regulations
The Coroners, Burials, Cremations and Inquiries Policy Team has published a response to its Consultation on cremation following recent inquiries…
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1 JulyCurrent Affairs
Management buy out of funeral business in Fort William
Lochaber’s longest serving funeral firm, John McLellan and Company Ltd, has undergone a management buy out, led by Scott Greenlees. The independent…
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