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Anticipatory grief in the workplace: How can employers be more flexible?There’s typically plenty of information and literature on how to support staff at work following the death of…

Employers: How to improve your bereavement support for employeesA significant number of hours of an employee’s life is spent in the workplace. Yet, all the while that business…

A new study commissioned by CPJ Field has revealed that grieving employees are not being supported at work, both immediately following a death and in the weeks beforehand…

Experience the death of a loved one is one of the most stressful life events possible, according to the Holmes-Rahe Scale, which measures the impact that painful or…

“Hi, I’m Lindsay. From Monday to Friday I'm a Funeral Arranger and Administrator at Shires Funeral Directors in Dunstable… and at the weekends I’m 'Loopy Linz', a children’s…

Family owned funeral directors, CPJ Field, announces the acquisition of Ivel Funeral Services in Sandy near Bedford. Ivel Funeral Service will join with Shires Funeral Directors, also part…

Every experience of grief is different. The same can be said of the role work can play after a bereavement. Going back to work as soon as possible…

In my garden grows a fig tree. When I bought it about 5 years ago it was around 2 feet high, its home nothing more than a plant…

It can be tempting to shy away from conversations about death and funerals. In fact, it’s entirely understandable as to why you might want to avoid talking about…

Funeral Arranger & Community ChampionMy name is Donna Kennett and I work for Shires Funeral Directors, from our funeral home in Whitehorse Street, Baldock. We have six other…

Principal Funeral Director I started with CPJ Field a decade ago when I was 19 as a Chauffer Bearer (known as a Funeral Service Team Member today) in…

As the oldest family business in our field we’ve learned a lot about loneliness – and about different ways people can help each other. Ways they can reconnect…