When John Taplin of Open Prepaid Funeral Plans first proposed that we work together to create a GFG funeral plan I told him to f*** off. Not in so many words. I was icily polite. I was practised in the art having previously spurned the seductive sweet talk of another funeral

  It’s not just Donald Trump who gives Americans an undeserved reputation for dangerous lunacy. Restrictive practices in the US funeral industry have been doing that for years. In Alabama the owner of a natural burial ground is currently fighting the state law that allows only licensed funeral directors to sell

So the GFG has a CEO. Who’d have thought it! With thanks to the lovely Barbara Chalmers at Final Fling for making the announcement today – see blogpost here. Looking forward to good times at GFG Towers as we continue celebrating the best in funeralworld while keeping a watchful eye out for

Guest post by Tim Morris The House of Commons Work & Pensions Committee report published on 31st March contained evidence that a funeral director had refused to hand over the ashes of a deceased person to the family concerned until the funeral account had been settled. It should be noted