Regulation

A new balance

Do you remember when “disruption” was a bad thing? For some time now, the word has taken on far more…

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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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Birmingham City Council reviews new opening times for cemeteries and crematoria

Birmingham City Council has reviewed its opening times for visitors across all burial sites and crematoria grounds.  The council has…

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Safe Hands announces expansion plans following acquisition

Funeral plan provider Safe Hands has announced it is under new ownership following its acquisition by private investment company SHP…

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Bob Tomes elected President of FFMA

Bob Tomes, senior account manager at Oxfordshire-based Colourful Coffins, has been elected president of the Funeral Furnishing Manufacturers’ Association (FFMA).…

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Regulatory scrutiny of the funeral market

Both HM Treasury and the CMA are currently investigating the funerals sector. HMT has been looking into the pre-paid funerals…

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FCA publishes first ‘perimeter of authorisation’ following funeral plan regulation

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its first annual perimeter report. The new report comes in the same month…

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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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Sector reacts to FCA proposal

Following a probe by the Treasury, the government has announced that pre-paid funeral plans will be regulated by the Financial…

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UKWF and Marsden respond to new Scottish crematorium regulations

The new regulation for crematoriums in Scotland, which came into effect in April, is placing greater emphasis on weighing and…

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