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Feb- 2013 -12 FebruaryPeople
Qualifications for Melrose Funeral Services staff
Two members of the team at Melrose Funeral Services Ltd have earned British Institute of Embalmers (BIE) membership status. Laura…
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11 February
Staff sacked following body mix-up cremation
A funeral home has launched an enquiry and sacked two members of staff after it emerged that a body mix-up…
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8 FebruaryCurrent Affairs
Ghanaian funeral lengths lead to calls for Fridays off
Some Ghanaians are citing funerals as a reason to reduce the country’s working week to four days. Funeral ceremonies in…
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7 February
Laurel appoints new CFO
Laurel Funerals has announced the appointment of Paul Coxon as chief financial officer. With a wealth of experience, it is…
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6 FebruaryEvents
FD to give students road safety lesson
An undertaker and embalmer from Mayo in the Republic of Ireland is set to deliver a talk on road safety…
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5 February
Grieving widower discovers stranger inside wife’s casket
Reports from South Africa suggest a grieving husband opened the casket at the funeral of his deceased wife to find…
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1 FebruaryTechnology/Equipment
The Somerset Willow Company set to launch new website
Basket and eco-coffin manufacturer the Somerset Willow Company will later this month launch a new interactive online website. Trading since…
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Jan- 2013 -31 January
Would you like a wake with your burger and fries?
The family of a recently deceased man obsessed with Burger King gave him a ‘whopper’ of a send-off, by holding…
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30 January
Repatriation issue arises as body lies in mortuary for 18 months
The body of a Ghanaian national, who worked on a trawler in Northern Ireland, is still in a Belfast mortuary,…
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29 JanuaryEvents
Funeralcare MD joined by Sugababe at charity of the year launch
Jade Ewan of the Sugababes recently joined the Co-operative Funeralcare’s MD George Tinning as the Co-operative launched a year of…
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