Policy

Managing director of CPJ Field awarded OBE 

Jeremy Field, the managing director of CPJ Field, has been awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the…

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New crematorium to open in the West Midlands

A new crematorium is being built to serve the communities of South Birmingham, Bromsgrove and North Worcestershire, and is due…

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Westerleigh Group adopts FBCA environmental policy

Westerleigh Group has become the inaugural UK cremation authority to adopt the Federation of Burial and Cremation Authority’s (FBCA) environmental…

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Pre-paid funeral plan trust regulation – assessing your options

Most operators of trust-based pre-paid funeral plans will be reappraising their operations this summer, with the publication last week of…

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Children’s Funerals: complex, bespoke & not for profit

As a business, much like many others, we deliver all children’s funerals free of charge for our services and all…

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3,000 bereaved families access funding for children’s funerals, reveals Co-op Funeralcare

Co-op Funeralcare has revealed since the launch of the Children’s Funeral Fund, almost 3,000 bereaved families have accessed funding available…

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Chancellor unveils new £9bn retention scheme

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a new scheme to pay companies £1,000 bonus per employee for those they keep on…

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Mental health and wellbeing post-lockdown

As we note that new Covid-19 cases and numbers of related deaths are thankfully steadily declining and as the number…

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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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Scarves for face-masks will be part of the government’s post-pandemic advice

The government will advise the use of homemade facemasks once the pandemic measures are sufficiently relaxed for people to go…

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