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Funeral Partners completes first acquisition in Cornwall

Funeral Partners completed its acquisition of Personal Choice Funeral Directors last month, its first in Cornwall.  The deal comes as…

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Variety Funerals achieves FCA authorisation

Variety Funerals has announced that it has achieved authorisation and regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), making it the…

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Woods and Tapper donates over £11k to Weldmar Hospicecare

Dorchester-based Woods and Tapper Funeral Service has presented Weldmar Hospicecare with a cheque for £11,384.74, calling the charity “valued and…

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Gen-Z Britons prefer traditional burial, The Farewell Guide finds

Some 41% of 16 to 24-year-olds in the UK now favour a traditional burial to a cremation, according to a…

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UK spends £2.3bn on funerals despite fewer deaths, research finds

People in the UK spent around £2.3bn on funerals last year, despite the fact that fewer people died compared with…

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Legacy families consulted on designs for permanent memorials

Hull City Council has consulted the families affected by an investigation into the former funeral home business Legacy Independent Funeral…

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A.W. Lymn welcomes new trainee embalmer in Nottingham

A.W. Lymn has welcomed John Redhead as a trainee embalmer at Robin Hood House, Nottingham, after spending 22 years in…

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Westerleigh crematoria to host Mother’s Day memorial services

Westerleigh Group’s 41 crematoria and cemeteries will be jousting memorial services around Mother’s Day (Sunday 30 March) for families to…

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Funeral Partners appoints new regional director

Funeral Partners has announced the appointment of James Ray as its new regional director for Southern England, Wales and North…

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Golden Charter launches UK’s first Funeral Planning Awareness Week

Funeral plan provider Golden Charter has announced its launch of the UK’s first National Funeral Planning Awareness Week, which will…

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