Funeral business Dignity has swung back to a profit after Covid lockdown restrictions meant more attended funerals could take place. A new pricing strategy meant revenues fell in 2021 from £314.1 ...

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Funerals giant Dignity retuned to profit in its first full year since ditching the London Stock Exchange as it shed hundreds of jobs. The Sutton Coldfield-headquartered group delisted in May 2023 ...

Consortium spearheaded by Direct Line founder, Sir Peter Wood, have swooped for company A consortium spearheaded by Direct Line founder Sir Peter Wood has swooped for the funeral services company ...

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The boss of funeral provider Dignity has stepped down and branches may have to be closed, even as the country prepares for potentially tens of thousands of excess deaths from coronavirus. Mike ...

Funeral provider’s profits rise despite price war that has seen cost of basic services plunge The funeral provider Dignity said business was better than expected during the first three months of the ...

When my elderly Aunt Fay, my mother's sister, was in her final illness, she had one abiding concern. The savings she had put aside after many years of working modestly as a sales assistant in the ...

You may have thought undertakers would be in clover as a grim silver lining to the coronavirus crisis. But funeral homes giant Dignity today told investors it has actually suffered as church services ...

Listed funeral firm Dignity is set to become a private company after striking a deal to sell itself to a group of investors. The £281m cash offer, from a consortium of buyers comprising of SPWOne V ...