A skilled workforce is central to the success of any business. Having those skills widely-recognised can also be of benefit, helping to grow the business and building a strong, positive reputation. Achieving a professional qualification gives employees the confidence and credibility that they know what they can do, and how well they do it. To…
Following success in re-establishing the Manchester & District Local Association, which is now an active and healthy group with a clear forward plan, NAFD second Vice President David Barrington represented the Association at the June meeting of the association, updating the group about the work of the NAFD’s National Executive committee. The NAFD is also delighted…
The NAFD has welcomed a new report by consumer group Fairer Finance, commissioned by Dignity plc, into the strengths and weaknesses of the pre-paid funeral plan market. Alison Crake, President of the National Association of Funeral Directors, said: “The National Association of Funeral Directors fully supports the view of Fairer Finance that change is needed in the…
More than a third (33.5%) of members of the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) surveyed in a recent members’ poll now have all or some of their prices available on their websites – helping people by giving them an idea of what a funeral costs from the comfort and privacy of their own home.…
The National Association of Funeral Directors, through collaboration between its members in London, is providing support to the Westminster Coroner and emergency services, to care for those who have died at Grenfell Tower and we will continue to do so for as long as we are needed. Words cannot even begin to express our shock…
‘Fantastic’, ‘inspiring’, ‘successful’ and ‘entertaining’ are some of the words that visitors and exhibitors used to sum up their three days at the National Funeral Exhibition, at Stoneleigh Park, on 9-11 June. Nearly 4,000 people attended the show to view the latest innovations and products which are being produced to enable funeral directors to evolve and…
