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Pandemic Prepared

Pandemic Prepared

With questions arising about the continuity of funeral services, we’ve been able to reassure families in areas that we operate, that coronavirus plans have been in place across our company for some time. Currently, while the embalming, viewing and the funeral service...
How planning your funeral helps your tax position

How planning your funeral helps your tax position

There are two certainties in life: death and taxes. It’s a familiar phrase we hear often – not unsurprisingly. But with a funeral prepayment plan, you can actually use one to influence the other, – entirely for your benefit. Planning ahead can be done at any time but...

The human cost of direct cremation

Let’s talk about ‘no frills’ cremation With the cost of dying continuing to rise year on year, it’s no wonder that people are now weighing up all the available options for a funeral service, including cremation and direct cremation which are the lowest cost options...

More financial help to pay for 2020 funerals

We applaud the additional support made available for families to pay for funerals from the Scottish Government as of 1 April 2020. Low income families can now claim £1000 towards the expenses related to a funeral. This increase of £300 represents the first rise in a...

New Paid Bereavement Leave for Working Parents

We welcome the news that from April 2020, working parents who lose a child under the age of 18 will be eligible to two weeks paid bereavement leave. The new legal right is called “Jack’s Law” in memory of Jack Herd, whose mother campaigned for employed...