Suffolk
Suffolk’s funeral sector supports a mix of rural villages, market towns and coastal communities, requiring responsive and locally attuned end-of-life services. Funeral directors, crematoria managers, cemetery staff and bereavement providers across the county benefit from staying informed about regional developments affecting service provision. Funeral Service Times provides dedicated coverage of Suffolk-based industry news, including business activity, crematorium updates, planning applications, council decisions, infrastructure improvements, appointments and community engagement. Our reporting equips professionals with the insight needed to deliver dignified, efficient and community-focused funeral services across Suffolk.
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Feb- 2017 -28 FebruaryCurrent Affairs
Natwest funding secured for Memoria
Crematorium operator, Memoria Ltd, has secured £20m of support from NatWest to fund its expansion programme. The company currently…
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May- 2016 -27 MayCurrent Affairs
Resting Pets Crematorium celebrates 25 years
Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.” – George Eliot Essex based Resting…
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Jan- 2014 -27 January
Councils introduce ‘death tax’
Suffolk Coastal District Council has raised the cost of a 25-year burial plot by almost £1,000, in a move which…
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Mar- 2013 -6 March
Reuse of graves in Suffolk “needed” say experts
Experts have called for the reuse of graves in Suffolk to prevent the county running out of burial space. Cemetery…
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Oct- 2012 -11 OctoberTrade Organisations
Grief Journey Essex scoops Essex Business Excellence Award
Three independent family funeral directors have won the ‘Community’ category of the recent Essex Business Excellence Awards 2012. Each of…
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Aug- 2012 -3 AugustPeople
New scheme helps adults with a learning disability into work
Three adults with a learning disability have been assisted into jobs with a funeral home and a crematorium in Sheffield.…
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