Monthly Archives: May 2012

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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