The FuneralDirectors.co.uk Industry Blog

The traffic restrictions that have been imposed on parts of London as it hosts the 2012 Olympic Games have caused a logistical headache for London-based funeral directors.

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Up to 50,000 sets of human remains could be exhumed during the construction of the new HS2 rail line between London and Birmingham, according to official estimates.

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Bryan and Catherine Powell have recently established Britain’s first social enterprise funeral service. Click here to find out more about how it works….

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Growing numbers of British people have become less sheepish about planning environmentally-friendly “green” funerals, as figures show that herds of consumers are now choosing to be buried inside coffins made out of wool.

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With many families still struggling with the recession – and with the prospect of further economic storms to weather – it can be a big blow financially if you suddenly find you need to pay for a funeral. This is particularly true if the death comes totally unexpectedly. The capital city of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, now offers poor families who suffer bereavement a funeral paid for by the state. Should Britain do the same thing?

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Britain’s “obesity epidemic” is beginning to affect industries in a variety of ways, and inevitably it is now starting to have an impact on the funeral profession.

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A small number of people around the world have chosen to have their body preserved at a very low temperature when they die, in the hope that future medical advances will one day enable them to be brought back to life. Is this a reasonable option?

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As the recent exhibition at London’s Southbank Centre demonstrated, coffins these days can come in any shape, form or colour. In fact, the sky’s the limit!

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