Staffordshire
Staffordshire is home to a well-established funeral sector serving both urban centres and rural communities, with funeral directors, crematoria, cemeteries and bereavement service providers playing a central role in local life. For professionals operating across the county, awareness of regional developments is essential to maintaining high standards of service and care. Funeral Service Times delivers targeted coverage of Staffordshire’s funeral industry, including business announcements, service expansions, planning proposals, council-led changes, infrastructure projects and community initiatives. Our reporting helps sector professionals stay informed on the operational and strategic developments shaping end-of-life services in Staffordshire.
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Mar- 2016 -7 MarchTechnology/Equipment
Deceased Online expands its database
Deceased Online has expanded its database and now offers records for two cemeteries managed by East Staffordshire Borough Council, in the English…
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Sep- 2015 -17 SeptemberEvents
Child Funeral Charity celebrates first birthday
The Child Funeral Charity (CFC) marked its recent one year anniversary with an educational seminar entitled Death and Funerals in…
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Apr- 2014 -8 April
Co-op pays out £170,000 after embalming blunder
The Co-operative Funeralcare has reportedly paid out £170,000 in compensation to 1,000 people after branches in Staffordshire, Newcastle and Crewe…
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Jul- 2013 -5 July
Great Wyrley Cemetery opens as ‘peaceful place’ for remembrance
A cemetery that will eventually deliver enough burial plots for the next 50 years has been officially opened in Great…
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Dec- 2012 -12 December
Priest shocks mourners with crime-filled eulogy
A priest in Staffordshire surprised some mourners in a eulogy that detailed a football hooligan’s life of crime. Martin Wilson…
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Jun- 2012 -13 JuneTrade Organisations
Plans to create national woodland burial leader unveiled
Woodland Burial Parks has changed its name to GreenAcres Woodland Burials and is planning to create a nationwide network of…
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