Features
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Sep- 2020 -25 September
Children’s Funerals: complex, bespoke & not for profit
As a business, much like many others, we deliver all children’s funerals free of charge for our services and all…
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18 September
Why giving back to society matters
While gearing up to launch our annual fundraising campaign for the Royal British Legion and Poppyscotland, I read a stark…
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4 September
The pre-need customer is changing – What to do about it
The coronavirus pandemic is bringing change to all markets quicker than we would have otherwise expected, and the funeral profession…
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Aug- 2020 -13 August
Direct cremation: Hero or villain?
In January 2016, David Bowie set a new trend for ‘no fuss funerals’, after his family members were simply handed…
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Jul- 2020 -29 July
Three business trends every funeral director should watch
Every funeral director wears many hats. The one often overlooked is that of a business leader. Running a funeral business…
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15 July
Company Q&A: Ashes to Images
As the number of people look for new and interesting way to remember a loved one, Funeral Service Times sits…
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Jun- 2020 -15 June
Mental health and wellbeing post-lockdown
As we note that new Covid-19 cases and numbers of related deaths are thankfully steadily declining and as the number…
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10 June
A new balance
Do you remember when “disruption” was a bad thing? For some time now, the word has taken on far more…
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May- 2020 -22 May
Impact on the Pre-Need industry
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the world’s economy has shuddered to a halt under mass enforced country lockdowns which froze…
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21 May
Funerals after Covid
As I start to speak, the lady sitting down in front of me starts to sob and shake. The few…
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