Current Affairs
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Sep- 2022 -13 September
William Purves removes logo from Queen’s hearse after backlash
William Purves, the funeral directors who helped organise the late Queen’s funeral procession from Balmoral to Edinburgh, has responded to…
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Aug- 2022 -10 August
A.W. Lymn to go green with electric fleet
A.W. Lymn has announced plans to make its non-ceremonial fleet electric. The firm first looked to introduce electric vehicles into…
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May- 2022 -24 May
Woollensbrook Cemetery honours Queen’s Jubilee
Woollensbrook Cemetery and Crematorium has honoured the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by planting a tree in its grounds in tribute to…
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Apr- 2022 -14 April
Q1 mortality below pre-pandemic levels, CMI finds
Mortality in the first quarter of 2022 was slightly lower than in the first quarters of 2019 and 2020, before…
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Jan- 2022 -20 January
Funeral costs fall for the first time in 18 years, study finds
The price of a funeral has fallen for the first time in 18 years, according to SunLife’s Cost of Dying…
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Nov- 2021 -18 November
Former funeral director jailed for defrauding grieving victims
Greater Manchester Police has announced that Sharon Howell, the former funeral manager of Kenworthy Funeral Directors in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, has…
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Oct- 2021 -27 October
Chancellor unveils biggest single-year rates cut in over 30 years
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a 50% discount on business rates for the hospitality, retail and leisure sectors (up to…
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May- 2021 -21 May
Funeral directors ‘not disclosing’ service prices, says Which?
Funeral directors in the UK are not transparently disclosing the price of their services, according to new research from Which?…
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Apr- 2021 -23 April
Funeral directors call for end to Covid funeral curbs
Funeral directors in the UK are currently expecting an extra 80,000 creations and burials to fall under existing Covid-19 funeral…
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7 April
Gov praises ‘unsung heroes’ in funeral industry following CMA report
The UK government has praised the funeral industry’s “unsung heroes” following the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)’s investigation into the…
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