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- 2015 -28 OctoberEvents
London’s Month of the Dead
This month, Londoners are confronting their own mortality while exploring the capital’s shadowy corners. The ‘Month of the Dead’ was arranged…
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Sep- 2015 -17 SeptemberEvents
Good Funeral Awards’ winners announced
The winners of this year’s Good Funeral Awards were announced on September 5 2015 on King Alfred Campus at the University…
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Aug- 2014 -7 August
Wrong woman buried by American funeral home
Mabrie Memorial Mortuary in Houston, Texas, has issued an apology after burying the wrong woman. While attending the funeral of…
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7 August
Wrong woman buried by American funeral home (2)
Mabrie Memorial Mortuary in Houston, Texas, has issued an apology after burying the wrong woman. While attending the funeral of…
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Mar- 2014 -12 March
Birmingham’s largest cemetery ‘full to capacity’
Birmingham’s Witton Cemetery has revealed that it is ‘full to capacity’ and cannot serve any more clients, leaving families in…
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Jan- 2014 -30 January
New crematorium has £4 million investment
A Crematorium has been built using a £4 million investment by Kirkleatham Memorial Limited to cater to the high demand in…
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29 January
55% of Social Fund Funeral Payments fall short
The Department for Work and Pensions’ Social Fund Funeral Payment system “lacks coherence in terms of both the process of…
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27 January
Councils introduce ‘death tax’
Suffolk Coastal District Council has raised the cost of a 25-year burial plot by almost £1,000, in a move which…
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Sep- 2013 -6 September
Average cost of funeral increases to more than £7,000
The cost of a basic funeral has risen 80 per cent since 2004, with the average attracting up to £3,914.…
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5 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
Deceased Online adds military burial records from The National Archives
Deceased Online has added thousands of military burial records sourced from The National Archives. The records, which date back to…
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