Category: News

Comedy pilot planned on grieving process by sketch comedian based on dad’s death
Sketch comic Paul Black, who came to prominence on TikTok over lockdown and recently performed his live show Self Care Era at the 3000-seater SEC Armadillo in Glasgow, is developing a semi-autobiographical…
1 November 2022
Coventry funeral director returns from Ukraine aid trip ‘a changed person’
Andy Hawkins of Franklin and Hawkins Funeral Directors, Coventry, immediately rallied when the invasion of Ukraine first hit the news in the UK. “There was no way we could sit at home watching…
1 November 2022
CPJ Field back #PaidLeaveToGrieve
The UK’s oldest funeral directors, CPJ Field, is calling on Brits to support its #PaidLeaveToGrieve campaign – encouraging all UK employers to offer a flexible paid bereavement policy to staff. There is currently…
31 October 2022
Call for pandemic changes on registering a death to be restored to help families
The dramatic rise in the time taken to register a death is causing untold distress and delaying funerals, says Pure Cremation. The direct cremation provider is calling on government to reintroduce changes made…
31 October 2022
Natalie McKail appointed IFSO chair
Natalie McKail, the former Inspector of Funeral Directors in Scotland, has been appointed to succeed the Rt Hon. David Heath CBE as chair of the Independent Funeral Standards Organisation. Natalie’s appointment reflects a…
31 October 2022
2038 is net zero target for Dignity
Dignity has announced its aim to be net zero across its network by 2038 in a mission to become the UK’s most sustainable end-of-life services provider.The pledge, outlined at the Group’s AGM…
7 October 2022
Queen Elizabeth II – funeral leaders pay tribute
The news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen broke just before this issue of FSJ went to press. Funeral sector leaders were quick to pay their tributes to the longest…
7 October 2022