Traditional funerals

Pure Cremation appoints former Co-op director to lead operations team

Pure cremation has announced that David Collingwood, the former director of Funerals at the Co-op joined the firm earlier this…

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Pure Cremation undergoes management buy-out

Andover-based cremation company Pure Cremation has undergone a management buy-out, following an £18m term loan from Santander UK. Led by…

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‘We All Know How This Ends’: Discussing death and dying through writing

For many of us, death and dying can be difficult to engage with, a final taboo in the lives we…

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Full Circle Funerals launches new Halifax site

Full Circle Funerals has announced the opening of its Halifax site, as part of a six-figure investment that has already…

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Spending on funeral ‘extras’ at record high, says SunLife

Spending on funeral “extras” has risen to £2,306 following an annual rise of 11.9%, according to SunLife’s latest Cost of…

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Our guide to funeral trends to watch out for in 2020 – What to know

Around 500,000 deaths occur in the UK every year. There are now alternatives to traditional funerals that allow people to…

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Albert Marsh appoints new manager

Albert Marsh Funeral Directors has appointed Jon Rust as manager of two branches in Upton and Wareham. Rust has been…

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Co-op launches UK’s first poppy hearse

Co-op Funeralcare has today (Wednesday 7 November) unveiled the UK’s first poppy hearse. The funeral provider has transformed the Ford…

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Funeral singing agency is ‘the only of its kind’

A funeral singing agency is the ‘only agency of its kind within the UK’, according creators Briony Rawle and Penelope Shipley.…

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Celebrant predicts ‘the end of traditional services’

A leading celebrant has highlighted the need for his profession to adapt to a growing trend within the funeral profession,…

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