Funeral Costs Need to be Reduced

Funeral News and Articles

Over the years there has been some research carried out in respect to the funeral industry. Most of the links below are live so you can click your way to them. The general consensus is the desperate need for a better regulated industry.

Publications on the funeral industry

Funeral costs jump, but too few will haggle, Independent, September 2009.

What's the deal with funeral costs? BBC, January 2009.

Funeral costs have increased by 42 per cent over last 5 years, Telegraph, September, 2009.

Fitch Affirms Dignity: Financial Analysis of a Funeral Corporation, September, 2009

Making a living from the rapidly changing British way of death, Guardian, June 16, 2007.

Funeral industry axes ombudsman, Telegraph, 06 Nov 2002.

Bereaved Consumers - Beware Unscrupulous Funeral Directors, Which?, April,07, 2002.

Skyrocketing Funeral Costs, BBC, 2001

Inquiry into the funerals industry: A report of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), July 2001
OFT346 (pdf 148 kb)

Ombudsman handles most funeral complaints, PR Newswire for Funeral Ombudsman, 2000.

The Office of Fair Trading's warning to funeral directors against Unfair Practices, OFT 1997.