Business
Funeral Partners expands into Merseyside and East Midlands
Thursday, 2 August 2018, 15:42
Funeral Partners expands into Merseyside and East Midlands
Thirty-year-old family business Howard’s Funeral Directors of Merseyside and Northamptonshire funeral directors Chambers and Brighty have become the latest firms…
Dignity to shut ‘around 100’ funeral parlours
Thursday, 2 August 2018, 14:33
Dignity to shut ‘around 100’ funeral parlours
Funeral service provider, Dignity, has announced it is to close “around 100” funeral parlours as it looks to compete with…
HMRC proposal to access taxpayers’ bank accounts in secret ‘condemned’
Monday, 23 July 2018, 9:07
HMRC proposal to access taxpayers’ bank accounts in secret ‘condemned’
An HMRC proposal that would have allowed secret access to taxpayers’ bank accounts has been condemned as an “unreasonable invasion…
Accessing investment funds a ‘challenge’ for funeral directors
Friday, 20 July 2018, 11:18
Accessing investment funds a ‘challenge’ for funeral directors
The majority of the UK’s funeral directors have desires to invest in business, despite a large number of them finding…
Funeral director releases book on grief
Friday, 13 July 2018, 15:50
Funeral director releases book on grief
Lianna Champ, owner of funeral directors Champ Funerals, has released a new book giving advice on how to cope with…
Beyond announces £2m investment and rebrand
Wednesday, 13 February 2019, 6:52
Beyond announces £2m investment and rebrand
Funeral service price comparison website Beyond, formally known as Funeralbooker, has announced an investment round of £2m. The company said…
200,000 companies sued over business rates
Monday, 9 July 2018, 13:01
200,000 companies sued over business rates
Over 200,000 businesses were taken to a Magistrates court for failing to pay for businesses rates under the first year…
BRC calls for two-year freeze on business rates
Wednesday, 4 July 2018, 10:37
BRC calls for two-year freeze on business rates
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has asked the government to consider freezing business rates for two years to ease the…
Ecocoffin.com gets approval from the FFMA
Monday, 2 July 2018, 13:27
Ecocoffin.com gets approval from the FFMA
Brentwood-based manufacturer of eco-friendly coffins, Ecocoffin.com, have announced that the FFMA have given the company its approval to and accredited…
Bishop opens new funeral home in Eastbourne
Thursday, 28 June 2018, 16:21
Bishop opens new funeral home in Eastbourne
The Bishop of Lewes, The Right Reverend Richard Jackson, has officially opened a new branch of Payne and Sons Funeral…