Features
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How can we learn from an accident?
When an accident happens, we have to be able to investigate and learn from the failings. In 2017, three company… Read more > -
CMA consults on market investigation
The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) published its interim report into the at-need funeral market on 29 November, recognising that,… Read more > -
Building bridges
More than 300 people turned up to a highly successful Bereavement and Mental Wellbeing Conference held in the County Hall,… Read more > -
‘A helpful primer for end of life planning’
This has been a year filled with anxieties around how we deal with grief and dying. As part of its… Read more > -
Another route to at-need
Guaranteed over 50s life insurance and Funeral Benefit Options: why they’re important for your future business What is a… Read more > -
Ashes: what’s the legal position?
When someone is buried, interment of the remains in the chosen gravesite is usually the end of the matter. With… Read more > -
Celebrating sucess: National Celebrant Awards
The first National Celebrant Awards were presented at the National Convention for Celebrants on 27 September at Kettering Conference Centre… Read more > -
Developing the SAIF Technology Task Group
April 2018 saw another pioneering work group launched, in the form of the SAIF Technology Task Group. The group consists… Read more > -
“What now for SAIF?”
It was during the investigation into the baby ashes scandal that Scottish Government Ministers finally acknowledged the funeral sector is… Read more > -
The call for regulation
“England, Wales and Northern Ireland should follow in Scotland’s footsteps and introduce regulation of the funeral profession” The statement above… Read more >