The GFG Blog
2019Jun
Be Better
Fran Hall
Jun
16
1 comment
The Good Funeral Guide is delighted to announce a day out with a difference. On Saturday September 21st, we will be hosting ‘Be Better’, a sparkling day featuring a whole stage full of inspirational speakers who are changing the world of funerals. And we have found the perfect venue, the
Unlikely bedfellows
Fran Hall
Jun
09
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The GFG and the Natural Death Centre charity have long enjoyed an unofficial mutual admiration – nothing ever written down, but a kindred fellowship of ideas and ideals. Founded in 1991 by the late Nicholas Albery and his wife Josefine Speyer, the charity was set up with three
2019Apr
Five Things
Fran Hall
Apr
17
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Our friends over at Life. Death. Whatever have created an extraordinary movement that is inspiring people around the world who follow them on social media. Five Things is a collection of five things that LDW collaborators want people to know about life, death and everything in between. Since the launch earlier this month,
2019Mar
On the subject of funeral plans – your thoughts are invited
Fran Hall
Mar
04
2 comments
Like everyone else who responded to the Competition and Markets Authority’s consultation on whether to make a market investigation reference for the funeral market, we received an e-mail last week. The e-mail invited us to share our views on whether the said MIR should also cover the delivery of funeral
2019Feb
One of ours
Fran Hall
Feb
12
3 comments
We’re a bit late to the party, as this came out last week, but we were prompted by a comment from a regular reader on another blog post (thanks Andrew!!) We were delighted to see one of our Recommended Funeral Directors featured in a documentary on ITV. Poppy’s Funerals were
Fact checking required?
Fran Hall
Feb
09
9 comments
Apparently, according to an article in today’s Times, ‘funeral companies have been told to make fees transparent’. No they haven’t. Read the entire piece. It begins with this statement: ‘Funeral directors have been ordered to publish their full fees online after concerns about the soaring cost of services.’ No they
Those pesky funeral plans…
Fran Hall
Feb
05
6 comments
Here’s a salutary tale for anyone who is seduced into buying a funeral plan in order to ‘get on with enjoying life’, or ‘protect your family from future costs and worry’ or to avail themselves of the ‘peace of mind that your funeral costs and arrangements have been taken care
2019Jan
Level playing field?
Fran Hall
Jan
07
1 comment
Here’s a curious thing. The deadline to submit responses to the Competition and Markets Authority’s consultation on their proposal to make a market investigation reference was 5pm on Friday 4th January. This is specified on page 132 of their Interim Report, in bold font: ‘Such comments should be provided no
2018Dec
Time to speak up
Fran Hall
Dec
30
7 comments
Dear Reader Are you connected to funerals in any way? Are you somebody who has an interest in what goes on in funeralworld? Have you had to arrange a funeral, or had to think about funeral arrangements for someone close to you? Or do you work in the funeral sector?
Well said Louise!
Fran Hall
Dec
02
8 comments
The CMA interim report on the funeral industry is taking time to digest across funeralworld. It’s not surprising, it’s a chunky document. And it’s possibly proving quite indigestible for some, particularly the PR teams at Dignity, Co-op and Funeral partners. The essential conclusion is – the funeral sector is not
