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Feb- 2017 -1 FebruaryCurrent Affairs
ONS releases age-standardised mortality rates for 2015
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released the age-standardised mortality rate (ASMR) for 2015. The UK saw 1,010.0 deaths per…
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Jan- 2017 -27 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
NCPC conference offers first in-depth look at Government’s End of Life Care Commitment
The first event looking in depth at the National Commitment on end of life care is taking place on March…
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27 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
Funeral division pays respects to ‘champion of the poor’
A floral wreath was laid on the grave of William MacGregor, Tamworth’s ‘champion of the poor’. It marked the 130th…
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27 JanuaryEvents
Funeral director shortlisted for business award
Dorset’s Douch Family Funeral Directors has been shortlisted for a prestigious business award. The group with eight branches is in…
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13 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
Cancer charity’s Hope Tree campaign
Brain Tumour Research has marked the end of its annual Hope Tree Christmas Appeal. It had asked people to send a donation…
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13 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
J C Atkinson featured by BBC Look North
Coffin and casket manufacturer, J C Atkinson & Son, were featured on BBC Look North on January 3. The company…
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13 JanuaryEvents
Anderson Maguire named Family Business of The Year 2016
Anderson Maguire Funeral Directors has won The Herald’s Family Business of The Year Award (small – medium) 2016. The Awards…
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6 JanuaryEvents
Funeral directors wins award for Outstanding Performing Business
Kenneth Keegan Independent Funeral Directors has been named an Outstanding Performing Business by Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce. The ‘ROCCO’ Awards…
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6 JanuaryTechnology/Equipment
Defibrillators installed in 32 funeral homes
90 lifesaving defibrillators have been installed within communities – with hundreds more planned for 2017. Central England Co-operative has installed the…
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6 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
Highgate Cemetery’s records now available online
Records for historic Highgate Cemetery are now available on a specialist family history website. All 160,000 burial records between 1839…
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