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Avalon announces appointment of new CEO

Funeral plan provider, Avalon has announced it has appointed Susan Stevenson as its new CEO. Stevenson joins the business with…

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Church leaders unite to rededicate Pelsall funeral home

Senior church leaders from different faiths joined recently bereaved families to rededicate a Halliwell funeral home in Pelsall following a…

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Vale Funeral Service ‘overwhelmed’ at support for Easter egg appeal

Vale Funeral Service says it was “overwhelmed” by support for its Easter egg appeal in order to raise money for…

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Funeral director offers to bury Freddie Starr for free

Funeral director Michael Fogg, of Sheffield-based Michael Fogg Family Funeral Directors, has offered to do late comedian Freddie Starr’s service…

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Dignity warns on profits as deaths decrease

Funeral provider Dignity’s operating performance for the first quarter of the year was below the board’s expectations as a result…

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Co-op Funeralcare to hold afternoon tea for Brain Tumour Charity

Co-op Funeralcare in Ryde has announced it will hold an afternoon tea on Saturday 18 May in order to raise…

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Neville Funerals appoints new general manager

Neville Funerals has announced it has appointed Charmian Alexander as its new general manager. Alexander has more than 20 years’…

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Council to host local bereavement support and advice event

Residents in South Staffordshire are being encouraged to come along to a bereavement support and advice event in Wombourne on…

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Hindus want UK crematoriums to be ‘Hindu friendly’

Hindus are urging for crematoria in United Kingdom to adapt to the needs of growing Hindu community. Hindu statesman Rajan…

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Traditional hymns drop out of funeral music chart for first time

Funeral provider, Co-op Funeralcare, has today (2 May) released its 2019 Funeral Music Chart. The hot list, which first launched…

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