To support the submissions it is making on behalf of members to the Competition & Markets Authority, the NAFD has undertaken a comparison of the number of employee hours it takes to arrange a straightforward traditional funeral today, compared to a decade ago. The results are based on contributions from small independent or family firms,…
Following media allegations regarding storage areas at a branch of Midcounties Co-operative in Walsall, the National Association of Funeral Directors, which upholds standards in the funeral profession, sent a team of Standards & Quality Managers to conduct a thorough inspection today. Previous NAFD inspections and feedback from customers have shown this to be a well-run…
The National Association of Funeral Directors has welcomed a report into funeral poverty which recommends that the Government increases the Social Fund payment and also calls for local authorities to be legally required to justify large burial and cremation price increases. The report, commissioned by the Scottish Government and published by Citizens Advice Scotland (3…
A full transcript of The National Association of Funeral Director’s evidence on bereravement benefits, to the Work and Pensions Select Committee session, is now available online here. Experienced funeral director Nigel Lymn Rose, speaking as a representative of the NAFD, appeared before the Select Committee’s inquiry into Bereavement Benefits on Wednesday 6 January 2016 to…
The National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) will appear before the Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into Bereavement Benefits this week (Wednesday 6 January 2016) and will highlight five simple steps it believes are necessary to ensure the current system becomes fairer, more effective and easier to access. In its role as the leading…
The NAFD this week gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament to underline the importance of its existing Codes of Professional Standards and Practice, and its robust process of regulation. The Parliament’s Local Government and Regeneration Committee was taking evidence as part of the consultation over the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill, due to come into force next…
