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The changing nature of funeralcare

With increasing discourse on sustainability permeating the funeral services industry, an increasing number of funeral directors are implementing methods to…

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Making our industry more diverse

Back in October, Funeral Service Times kindly published an article I’d written for Black History Month bemoaning the lack of…

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Managing New Forest Crematorium: From retail to bereavement

What is your employment history? I have worked in retail since I was 17 years old. I started out as…

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Funeral Management Software – Why all funeral directors should be using it

Many businesses today are looking for ways to unlock greater efficiencies, and funeral homes are no different. Funeral management software…

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Eco-hearses are an option, but not the only answer

Conversations regarding lowering global emissions to achieve greater sustainability are becoming increasingly prevalent. Whether it is a change in demand…

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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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How to: Officiating a child’s funeral

Fortunately, these days children’s funerals are few and far between. For those involved, they’re the ones that no-one looks forward…

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Soapbox: Prepayment plans and the wholesale funeral

There is actually no such thing as a wholesale cost for a funeral, it’s just a term adopted by the …

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Not talking about death could mean ‘funeral poverty’ for families

The term “funeral poverty” is described to coin the ever-increasing number of families who struggle to pay for funerals for…

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Will tech trump traditional in the modern funeral parlour?

As business owners settle into 2021, many of the tactics they had to implement in order to function during the…

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