SAIF
The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) represents independently owned funeral businesses across the UK, advocating for their interests, promoting best practice, and supporting professional development. With a strong focus on standards, community service, and regulatory engagement, SAIF plays a vital role in ensuring independent firms remain a trusted and competitive part of the funeral landscape. Funeral Service Times covers SAIF’s policy work, training initiatives, leadership activity, member updates, and industry contributions—providing independent funeral directors with timely and relevant insights into the organisation’s influence and priorities.
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Apr- 2024 -11 AprilFuneral Plans
Westerleigh begins work on latest Scottish crematorium
Westerleigh Group has begun work on building the new Bishopbriggs Crematorium to the north east of Glasgow, which is due…
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8 AprilTrade Organisations
SAIF leads formal inspections of Hull premises after police case
SAIF members in Hull have launched formal inspections of premises in the wake of the police investigation into care of…
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Mar- 2024 -28 MarchPeople
Scottish independent funeral director elected as SAIF president
Declan Maguire, director of Glasgow-based Anderson Maguire Funeral Directors, has been elected president of SAIF, the UK’s largest trade association…
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14 MarchCurrent Affairs
MoJ delays Medical Examiner System for second time
The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the statutory Medical Examiner System will not come into force in the first…
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13 MarchLatest News
Police retrieve 34 bodies from Hull funeral home
Humberside Police has retrieved 34 bodies along with ashes from Legacy Independent Funeral Directors on Hessle Road in Hull over…
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Feb- 2024 -27 FebruaryCurrent Affairs
Scottish govt approves code of practice for funeral directors
The Scottish government has approved an official statutory code of practice for funeral directors, signalling the first major step in…
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Mar- 2023 -8 MarchPeople
Yorkshire independent funeral director elected as SAIF president
Mark Horton, of Hull-based Hortons Funeral Directors, has been elected president of SAIF, the UK’s largest trade association dedicated to…
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Dec- 2022 -29 DecemberBusiness
SAIF launches caring new benefit for Associate member employees
UK funeral trade association SAIF is to extend its SAIF Care service to a new audience in 2023. The counselling…
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22 DecemberBusiness
Firms sign deal to help independents fight back against direct cremators
SAIF, Westerleigh Group and Distinct Cremations have reached a landmark agreement to give independent funeral directors the ability to better…
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Jun- 2022 -8 JuneBusiness
SAIF partners with cremation experts to help members compete at NFE
SAIF has partnered with cremation experts in order to help Independent funeral directors that visited its stand at the National…
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