Most people don’t know the money is available – or that you can reduce the cost of a funeral by 75% The bill for giving a loved one a fitting send-off is not cheap with an average funeral costing £4,184 …
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Conventional funerals dying out with no-frills send-offs becoming more popular
The cost of dying continues to soar each year, with the average cost hitting a record £4,184 this year, according to latest estimates. Traditional funerals are dying a death with families turning to cheaper, low-frills send-offs instead, experts have revealed. …
Read MoreThe heartbreaking reality of Covid at the funeral front line and its toll on grieving families
The Denbighshire Memorial Park and Crematorium in St Asaph boss speaks out about the terrible impact of lockdown A North Wales crematorium manager has revealed the heartbreaking realities of life during the coronavirus pandemic – including empty chapels and mourners …
Read MoreNo-frills funerals increase by 540% in four years as more people choose cheaper alternative
The average cost of a traditional funeral in 2019 was £4,000. Direct cremations are rising in popularity across the UK as families ditch expensive send-offs and choose a more affordable, no-frills funeral instead. More Britons are looking for cheaper alternatives …
Read MoreFive easy ways to cut thousands off the average funeral cost
The average funeral now costs from £4,184 – but you can bring that down to just £950. Experts have warned that Brits’ tendency to avoid discussing death means a funeral often costs more than it needs to. The revelation comes …
Read MorePress Article: The Daily Telegraph, Memoria Your Later Life
Daily Telegraph Q4/2020 publication by Media planet. Howard Hodgson (CEO, Memoria & Low Cost Funeral by Memoria) talks candidly about why our inability to talk about death and our funeral wishes could just be moving the pain further down the …
Read MorePress Article: St Asaph, Denbighshire Crematorium Opened
Article by Kelly Williams, first published on www.dailypost.co.uk on May 3rd 2016. St Asaph, Denbighshire, £4.25m crematorium opened today, 3rd May 2016. The site on Glascoed Road could cut funeral waiting times by up to three weeks in Denbighshire. This …
Read MoreCrematorium boss hits back at claims funeral costs are forcing poorer families into debt
A flamboyant crematoria boss has hit back at government attacks over the cost of funerals pushing poorer families into worry inducing debt. By JAMES MURRAY, The Sunday Express Howard Hodgson rejected claims that funerals were too expensive. An all party work …
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