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Variety Funerals has announced that it has achieved authorisation and regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), making it the first fully female-owned funeral plan company in the UK to ...

The Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management (ICCM) has called on the government to clarify whether cemetery and crematorium staff are officially considered key workers, as the Covid-19 ...

UK funeral plan provider Golden Charter has appointed Stuart McWhinnie as its chief technology officer. McWhinnie has experience in implementing robust tech ...

The number of cases where a charitable gift had been included in a will jumped by 40% in 2023, according to Co-op Legal Services’ business data.

Family-run Sandy Close Funeral Services on Shankill Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has officially joined the Funeral Partners network.

Online funeral comparison platform, The Farewell Guide, has announced the appointment of former Dignity chief executive, Kate Davidson, MBE, as its new chief operating officer.

Albert Marsh Funeral Directors in Wareham, Dorset, has announced that funeral operative Oliver Oddy has formally gained a diploma in funeral directing while working.

A.W. Lymn in the East Midlands has raised more than £13k for We are Alex, The Leukodystrophy Charity (Alex TLC), a charity supporting people with leukodystrophy – a rare genetic disorder affecting the ...

Funerals are experiencing “significant” delays in most areas across England and Wales as a result of death certification reforms, according to a survey of 250 SAIF members.

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

Tetbury Town Council is “exploring all possible options”, as it announced that it is facing a critical shortage of burial space and obstacles to finding land suitable for new plots.