Margaret Thatcher’s four hours of sleep a night would amount to a lie-in for Gary Channon. “I go to bed at 4am,” he says. “And I get up at 7am. So I have more ‘day’ than most people.” Based on a ...

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Funeral business Dignity has swung back to a profit after Covid lockdown restrictions meant more attended funerals could take place. A new pricing strategy meant revenues fell in 2021 from £314.1 ...

Outdated methods, a lack of meaningful regulation, and a system that too often does not reflect what people actually want at the end of their lives have created a troubling reality.

You may have thought undertakers would be in clover as a grim silver lining to the coronavirus crisis. But funeral homes giant Dignity today told investors it has actually suffered as church services ...

Dignity, a funeral services provider at the centre of a proposed takeover by a consortium led by the founder of Direct Line, has appointed a new interim chief financial officer and executive director.

An experienced funeral director who was sacked for removing a necklace off a dead woman's body so it would not be cremated with her has won more than £43,000 in compensation. Colin Lockitt, based at ...

Families are opting for simpler, cheaper funeral services amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to UK funeral services group Dignity. Although its first-quarter revenues rose 2%, by April it made ...

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