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Feb- 2020 -25 FebruaryBusiness
Co-op launch funding to help young people going through bereavement
Organisations across the UK can now apply for grants of up to £10,000 for projects that help young people support…
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25 FebruaryFuneral Plans
South West ‘most expensive’ region for cremation, study finds
The most expensive region for cremation is the South West of England, where the average cost of cremation is £884,…
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20 FebruaryBusiness
Quaker Social Action urges directors to sign transparent pricing pledge
Quaker Social Action has called for funeral directors to providing providing transparent pricing by signing the Fair Funerals pledge. The pledge…
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18 FebruaryBusiness
Steven Mears Group invests in new hybrid vehicles
Mears Family Funerals and Mears and Jackson, part of the Steven Mears Group of companies, has acquired a new fleet…
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17 FebruaryBusiness
Motorcycle Funeral founder remembered at QMUL research centre
Leicestershire pastor and Motorcycle Funerals founder Reverend Paul Sinclair , who died of a brain tumour last year, has been…
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12 FebruaryBusiness
UPDATE: Thomas Bragg supports hospice through recycling scheme
A Solihull funeral directors has gathered, counted and delivered 301,084 Christmas cards to a local hospice for recycling, which will…
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10 FebruaryBusiness
Leicester funeral home damaged in car blaze
Leicester-based Ginns and Gutteridge funeral directors was damaged over the weekend after flames from a burning Mercedes car spread to…
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10 FebruaryBusiness
Ambler Brothers reassures families after ‘huge’ tree collapses on site
Employees at Moseley-based Ambler Brothers funeral home have reassured families after a “huge” tree fell onto the building as Storm…
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10 FebruaryBusiness
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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6 FebruaryEconomy
Scottish Government welcomes funeral support payment increase
The Scottish Government has announced it will match the ‘other expenses’ funeral benefit with the rest of the UK, increasing…
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