Pandemic

Westerleigh Group to create Covid-19 memorial gardens in 34 of its sites

Independent owner-operator of crematoria and cemeteries, Westerleigh Group, has announced that it will be creating a Covid-19 memorial garden at all…

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Bradford Council to ease funeral restrictions for mourners

Bradford Council has announced restrictions on the number of mourners allowed at funerals in the district are to be eased…

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Funeral directors provides ‘Pots of Love’ for the bereaved in Slough

A funeral directors is appealing to local people in Slough for spare plant pots and children’s creative drawings to support…

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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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Sheffield Council announces changes to funeral arrangements

Sheffield Council has become the latest council to announce changes to funeral arrangements as coronavirus lockdown is eased. The council…

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Pandemic prompts four in 10 young people to talk about death, study finds

Four in 10  young people in the UK say that the Covid-19 pandemic has prompted them to have a conversation…

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Kirklees council make key changes to funerals amid Covid-19 pandemic

Mourners will be able to attend services inside crematorium chapels in Kirklees from 1 June, amid the Covid-19 pandemic.  The…

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Brighton & Hove Council launches webcast funeral services

Brighton and Hove Council has today launched online webcasts for people unable to pay their respects to lost family and…

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Q&A: Rest With Dignity

Can you outline your history in the industry and how Rest with Dignity began?  Rest with dignity was born out…

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