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The Good Funeral Awards reveal 2016’s winners

The winners of the Good Funeral Awards 2016 were announced on September 8, at the Porchester Hall in London. Broadcaster…

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NAFD appoints Mandie Lavin as Chief Executive Officer

The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) has appointed qualified nurse and barrister Mandie Lavin as its Chief Executive Officer.…

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Walter C. Parson Group welcomes seventh-generation director

The Walter C. Parson Group of funeral directors has welcomed the seventh generation of the Parson family to the business. John…

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Harrison Funeral Home longlisted for Good Funeral Awards

Harrison Funeral Home has been selected from hundreds of nominees to go through to the final stages of this year’s…

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Funeral director first to pledge commitment to Armed Forces

Funeral directors have become the first in the profession in the country to sign an Armed Forces Covenant, pledging to…

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Family funeral firm stars in film project

Independent family funeral firm, JB Shakespeare, starred in an online project. The company, which has served Croydon since 1877, contributed to a…

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Anderson Maguire Funeral Directors win health and welfare trophy

Anderson Maguire Funeral Directors received an award for Health and Welfare at the FBU Awards 2016. The Family Business United event took…

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Resting Pets Crematorium celebrates 25 years

Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.” – George Eliot Essex based Resting…

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Funeral director floats Boeing 767

Irish embalmer and funeral director David McGowan has transported a Boeing 747 from Shannon Airport to Enniscrone, Co Sligo. The 70…

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Rayner’s tour demonstrates engraving machines

Rayner’s, the re-seller of Roland engraving machines, is currently touring the UK, demonstrating the equipment. Funeral directors thinking about entering the world…

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