CEO Viewpoint – October 2019
1 October, 2019CEO Viewpoint – October 2019 One might think that community interest company The Good Funeral Guide – established as a “consumer advocacy organisation for the bereaved” and which prides itself on being “wholly independent of the funeral industry” – would be arguing strongly for the independent statutory regulation of funeral directors. Furthermore, as…
Launch of the Funeral Support Payment, to help bereaved families, in Scotland
The much-anticipated Funeral Support Payment became today, replacing the Funeral Expenses Payment for people living in Scotland. Part of the new Social Security Scotland Benefits agency, established to oversee recently-devolved social security powers, the Scottish Government said the structure of the new payment will increase eligibility by 40% – equating to around 2,000 more applicants…