East Midlands
The East Midlands region, covering counties such as Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, hosts a diverse funeral services sector spanning urban, rural and semi‑urban communities. Funeral directors, crematoria and cemetery teams and bereavement service providers working in the region rely on timely awareness of local developments—from planning permissions and facility upgrades to business openings or closures, regulatory changes, staff appointments and community memorial projects. Funeral Service Times delivers East Midlands–specific reporting, highlighting sector news, strategic developments, environmental and operational trends, public consultations and authority decisions. Our coverage provides professionals with the regional insight needed to deliver sensitive, compliant and community‑aligned end‑of‑life services.
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May- 2024 -1 MayBusiness
A.W. Lymn issues warning over Facebook funeral scam in East Midlands
A.W. Lymn Funeral Directors are asking the public to ‘stay vigilant’ after one of the families it served was made…
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Apr- 2024 -2 AprilFuneral Plans
A.W. Lymn receives planning approval for Calverton barrow site
A.W. Lymn has been given the green light by Gedling Borough Council to build the first and only modern barrow…
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Mar- 2024 -11 MarchBusiness
A.W. Lymn urges other funeral directors to recycle hearing aids
A.W. Lymn has urged other funeral firms to recycle hearing aids by sending them to developing countries, after the East…
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Jan- 2024 -31 JanuaryEvents
A.W. Lymn extends ‘Dealing with Death’ training to care homes
East Midlands-based funeral directors A.W. Lymn has extended its ‘Dealing with Death’ training to care homes across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.…
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25 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
2023 deaths rise for first time since Covid, Final Duties finds
The number of annual deaths in England and Wales rose for the first time since the pandemic in 2023, according…
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May- 2023 -17 MayBusiness
A.W. Lymn submits application for East Midlands Barrow site
The family funeral service A. W. Lymn has submitted a planning application to build the East Midlands’ first barrow site…
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Apr- 2022 -12 AprilFuneral Plans
A.W. Lymn reassures pre-paid plan holders
As the funeral sector heads towards a shift in how it is regulated, East Midlands funeral director A.W. Lymn is…
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Aug- 2018 -2 AugustBusiness
Funeral Partners expands into Merseyside and East Midlands
Thirty-year-old family business Howard’s Funeral Directors of Merseyside and Northamptonshire funeral directors Chambers and Brighty have become the latest firms…
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Sep- 2017 -12 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
FSB Small Business Awards open for entries
The FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2018 are now open for entries. The awards will celebrate the best of the UK’s 5.5…
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Jan- 2017 -27 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
Funeral firm raises £2,000 to buy equipment for volunteer medics
A Nottinghamshire funeral directors has helped pay for new equipment that will save the lives of hundreds of people every…
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