Cremation

LifeArt UK appoints Kevin Crute as new CEO

LifeArt UK has appointed Kevin Crute as its new CEO to “oversee a period of growth”, as the business looks…

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Funeral costs increase by 3.4%, study suggests

The average cost of funerals has risen by 3.4% to £4,417, SunLife’s 2020 report suggests. The ‘Cost of Dying report’…

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14 million Brits risk taking last requests to the grave

British people are “taking their final wishes to the grave”, according to new data published by the Co-Operative Funeralcare.  The…

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Benefit claimants to get more help with funeral costs

Will Quince, the Minister for Welfare Delivery, has announced that families on welfare benefits grieving the loss of a loved…

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Burnley funeral director shortlisted for Butterfly Awards

Burnley-based Co-op funeral director, Annabel Davies, 28, has been shortlisted for Best Bereavement Worker in the UK for the second…

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Mortonhall launches virtual tour to ‘demystify’ cremation process

Edinburgh’s Grade A-listed Mortonhall Crematorium has opened up its doors to the world with a virtual tour of the facility.…

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Industry viewpoint – Social Funeral Fund / Funeral Poverty

Back in 2011/12 we wrote and received many letters from them the minister in charge of the DWP Iain Duncan…

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Bath University to host conference on death, dying and disposal

Over 250 academics, policy-makers and practitioners will come together at the University of Bath in early September for the 14th…

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Average funeral cost remains steady in 2018, study finds

The cost of funeral services in the UK has remained steady in the UK over the last 12 months, according…

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Resomation – what will happen next?

I last spoke with Funeral Service Times in September 2018 and it is safe to say there has been some…

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