Funeral Director
Funeral directors play a central role in the UK’s funeral profession, managing arrangements, supporting families, and ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards. This tag features content relevant to their day-to-day responsibilities, including industry news, operational guidance, regulatory updates, service innovations, business strategy, supplier developments, and professional practice insights. Funeral Service Times provides specialist reporting to support funeral directors in delivering dignified, efficient, and compassionate services within a changing sector.
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Jul- 2021 -19 JulyTrade Organisations
NAFD welcomes CMA funerals market order
The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) has welcomed the publication of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA’s) funerals market…
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6 JulyBusiness
Mourners told to ‘ask first’ when leaving personal items inside coffins
The Crematorium and Memorial Group (CMG), which operates 46 crematoria across England and Scotland, has asked families to not leave…
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2 JulyBusiness
Gordon Barber awards employee for 25-year industry service
Gordon Barber Funeral Directors has issued a “special commemorative” award to Carole Durrant for her 25-year service to the industry.…
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Jun- 2021 -9 JuneCommunity
Funeral director and will maker to provide free advice sessions
Shrewsbury’s WRR Pugh and Son Funeral Directors has partnered with the Newport-based Willmakers of the Midlands to provide free advice…
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4 JuneBusiness
A.W. Lymn refurbishes The Old Farm mortuary
A.W. Lymn has revealed that it has refurbished and expanded its mortuary at the funeral home known as The Old…
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May- 2021 -21 MayFeatures
Eco-hearses are an option, but not the only answer
Conversations regarding lowering global emissions to achieve greater sustainability are becoming increasingly prevalent. Whether it is a change in demand…
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21 MayBusiness
Dignity invests £375,000 in Earl of Plymouth refurbishment
Dignity Funerals has announced the completion of £375,000 worth of refurbishment work at Earl of Plymouth Funeral Directors. The Plymouth…
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20 MayFeatures
‘We All Know How This Ends’: Discussing death and dying through writing
For many of us, death and dying can be difficult to engage with, a final taboo in the lives we…
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14 MayFeatures
Soapbox: Prepayment plans and the wholesale funeral
There is actually no such thing as a wholesale cost for a funeral, it’s just a term adopted by the …
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10 MayFeatures
Not talking about death could mean ‘funeral poverty’ for families
The term “funeral poverty” is described to coin the ever-increasing number of families who struggle to pay for funerals for…
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