Saving your family all the stress?
We have long held a wary opinion of pre-paid funeral plans here at the GFG. Over the years, we have published numerous blog posts warning people to be extremely careful and to do as much research as possible before committing to purchasing a funeral plan. It’s an absolutely huge market. A multi-billion-pound market. According to Mintel, pre-arranged funerals account […]
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In the zone
Called to account
The campaign is underway
Unlikely bedfellows
Funeral prices
Our recent blog post about Simplicity Cremations, the offshoot of Dignity Funerals, elicited this response from a disapproving reader: ‘This rattled me. “Dignity’s prices are too high and they are the cause of funeral poverty. Big bad dignity”. “Dignity lower their prices and offer a low cost cremation option. Big bad Dignity”. Seems to me that someone […]
We haven’t approved you, Dignity Funerals
We want to make it very clear to anyone who might be unaware – the Good Funeral Guide CIC had nothing to do with the recent announcement of Dignity PLC’s sidekick, Simplicity Cremations as ‘The Best Direct Cremation Provider 2018’ with a ‘Good Funeral Award’. Having been co-organiser since they began, the Good Funeral Guide […]
Beyond’s response to the responses to the CMA
The chaps over at Beyond have detailed their thoughts about some of the responses to the recent Competition and Markets Authority Funerals Market Study. Specifically, the responses from the National Association of Funeral Directors and Dignity PLC. NB Beyond say in their introduction that they have a ‘few critiques’ concerning these submissions – it looks […]
Thoughts about Dignity PLC from a reader
Over the weekend, one of our many readers posted a comment on a previous blog post about Dignity PLC’s report on what they tell us people ‘assume, want and expect from funeral directors. We thought this comment deserved elevating to a post in its own right. So here it is. (Sorry about the illustration of […]
