Legislation

Business rates revaluation postponed until 2022

A revaluation of business rates will no longer take place in 2021 in line with the government’s latest efforts to…

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Companies House suspends strike-offs amid Covid-19 crisis

Companies House has announced it has temporarily paused its strike off process to prevent companies being dissolved amid the Covid-19…

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Stirling council announces temporary adjustments to funerals amid Covid-19 crisis

Stirling Council’s cemeteries has announced some temporary adjustments to comply with recent Scottish government legislation and national guidance amid the…

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Javid mulls three-year passenger duty holiday for Flybe

Things are not looking rosy for low-cost airline, Flybe, but the chancellor Sajid Javid may have some proposals that save it from…

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Councils not returning ashes from public health funerals, says Royal London

A Freedom of Information request on public health funerals has revealed that 21 local councils did not return ashes from…

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Northern Ireland’s business community want compensation for their Brexit troubles

To say that Brexit has been ‘divisive’ is both an understatement and also a cliché of the highest order. But Johnson’s election…

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Finally, a government addressing the business rates fiasco

Regardless of your political colours, small businesses up and down the land will be pleased to hear of at least…

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World’s first human composting funeral home set to open in 2021

‘Deathcare’ company Recompose has announced the world’s first funeral home dedicated to composting human remains is set to open in…

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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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Gov cracks down on ‘shameful’ funeral plan sales tactics

The use of “high pressure and misleading tactics” in the sale of funeral plans will be brought to an end,…

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