- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
By: Lauren Codling
by LAUREN CODLING ASIAN funeral directors have explained a rise in the costs of the facilities and services they offer, as it was announced that the UK funerals industry was under investigation for high fees. Last month, after finding that prices had risen three times above inflation for more than a decade, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it would launch an investigation into the £2 billion-a-year funerals market for prices it deemed unjustifiable. According to estimates, an average funeral costs £4,271 (excluding discretionary items), an increase of 68 per cent over the past 10 years. The average cremation…
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