Covid-19
Covid-19 brought sweeping changes to the UK funeral profession, requiring rapid adaptation to health regulations, service restrictions, and rising demand. Funeral Service Times provides detailed coverage of the pandemic’s impact on funeral operations, including guidance from government and public health authorities, staff safety measures, funeral limits, remote arrangements, and memorial backlogs. Reporting also explores the long-term effects of Covid-19 on bereavement care, business continuity planning, and sector policy—helping professionals navigate the evolving legacy of the crisis with insight and preparedness.
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May- 2020 -4 MayCoronavirus
Scottish residents offered financial help with funerals costs
Bereaved Scottish residents could receive help towards the cost of a funeral to help ease the financial pressure during the…
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4 MayCoronavirus
Mosques set up temporary mortuaries to help strain on services
At least 10 mosques in the UK have set up temporary mortuaries to help cope with the number of deaths…
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4 MayCoronavirus
South Gloucestershire council prepares measures to maintain funeral services
South Gloucestershire council has announced a series of measures to manage an anticipated peak in demand for burial services caused…
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1 MayBusiness Bites
Are we beginning to re-open anyway?
The PM says he will soon announce the reopening plan after weeks of compulsory lockdown for the UKs public and its…
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Apr- 2020 -30 AprilCoronavirus
Funeral providers face shortages of PPE equipment as demand rises
Funeral providers in the UK fear they are close to running out of body bags and other PPE equipment needed…
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30 AprilBusiness Bites
Coronavirus treatment hopes push stock markets up, and ‘Spoons to reopen in June
Investors are chirpy this morning amid hopes of a new coronavirus treatment that has been described as promising by the USA’s…
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28 AprilCoronavirus
Over 100,000 extra people grieving in isolation amid Covid-19 pandemic, study suggests
Over 100,000 people are grieving in isolation as a result of the Covid019 pandemic, according to bereavement charity Cruse Bereavement…
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28 AprilCoronavirus
Funeral director praises support as it responds to Covid-19 challenges
Sunderland-based John G Hogg Funeral Directors has praised the support it has received from Funeral Partners as it responds to…
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28 AprilBusiness Bites
Job support to be wound down, M&S dividend suspended, ventilator production slows, property market halts
Chancellor Rishi Sunack says he will wean the economy off his support schemes in a “gradual” wind-down, to help prevent soaring…
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27 AprilCoronavirus
Lancashire council issues new government guidelines for attending funerals amid pandemic
Lancashire council has become the latest council to cap the number of mourners allowed to attend a funeral amid the…
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