Funeral plans

Pure Cremation welcomes stricter prepaid regulation

Pure Cremation, the direct cremation provider, has welcomed the news that pre-paid funeral sellers will be subject to tighter scrutiny…

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Avalon named ‘Best Funeral Plan Provider’ at finance awards

Avalon Funeral Plans has been named ‘Best Funeral Plan Provider’ at the 2020/21 Personal Finance Awards for the second year…

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Gov appoints FCA to regulate pre-paid funeral plans by 2022

The Government has appointed the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to regulate the pre-paid funeral industry from the middle of 2022.…

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Co-Op Funeralcare closes Brampton branch

Co-Op Funeralcare’s branch in Brampton is set to close in December. The news comes as England begins its second nationwide…

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The pre-need customer is changing – What to do about it

The coronavirus pandemic is bringing change to all markets quicker than we would have otherwise expected, and the funeral profession…

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Direct cremation: Hero or villain?

In January 2016, David Bowie set a new trend for ‘no fuss funerals’, after his family members were simply handed…

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Co-op Funeral Directors creates new Covid-19 video guide

A team of Central England Co-op senior funeral directors have created a series of films to explain to families how…

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Impact on the Pre-Need industry

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the world’s economy has shuddered to a halt under mass enforced country lockdowns which froze…

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Safe Hands launches £1m campaign as part of broader growth plan

Safe Hands Funeral Plans has launched a new £1m campaign that aims to encourage more people to take out a…

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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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