How a stop-gap job became a calling
Little did Alex Moore know that a temporary job with a funeral director was going to blossom into a professional vocation.
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2 December 2024
Catherine Shaw outside Miles & Daughters Funeral Directors in Whitley Wood, Reading
Reading: former pub manager loves new role
A former pub manager has swapped pulling pints for helping bereaved families after starting work as a funeral arranger.
17 September 2024
Funeral Arranger Anne Rowe and All Saints Church Churchwarden Linda Salt
On your bike: Surrey FDs chip in for local church cycle rack
A long-established Surrey Funeral Directors has underlined its commitment to their community by providing a local church with a much-needed cycle rack.
6 August 2024
Memoria founder Howard Hodgson announces his retirement
Howard Hodgson, founder and CEO of Memoria Limited and previous CEO of Hodgson Holdings plc, has announced that he is stepping down from the business due to ill health.
6 August 2024
Funeral director Dominic Lister from A W Lymn
Ashes into diamond ring provides lasting memorial
A W Lymn The Family Funeral Service has helped a family from Nottinghamshire to grow a real-life diamond from their loved one’s cremated remains.
6 August 2024
Funerals: please involve children and young people, urges charity
The front row funeral seats are the ones that nobody wants to sit at and yet the UK’s first children and young people’s bereavement charity, Winston’s Wish, is keen to remind the sector of the bereaved young people who often fill those seats.
6 August 2024
FD Anghus completes London Marathon in full mourning suit
A funeral director has raised thousands of pounds for charity and helped hundreds of people break down the taboos around discussing death by running the London Marathon in his full work attire – including frockcoat and top hat.
1 July 2024
Making a difference: Community’s the key for Anthony
Community-minded funeral director Anthony Barton from Greater Manchester has found that small acts of kindness really do make an impact When Anthony opened his own business in Mossley last November,…
15 May 2024
Bristol Memorial Woodland Trust welcomes new trustee
Distinguished local law professional Dr Paul Hutchinson has joined the board of trustees at Bristol Memorial Woodland Trust.
15 May 2024
That’s the way to do it: the Punch & Judy funeral
When Rachael Lee approached West Midlands-based Jennifer Ashe & Son to arrange the funeral of her late mother, Carol Lee, she had a rather unconventional request – a Punch and Judy Puppet Show ...
16 April 2024
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