UK hospices warned against joint venture with undertaker tycoon

Initiative encourages hospices to offer low-cost funerals in venture with firm run by author of How to Become Dead Rich

Hospices for the dying have been warned against a controversial scheme encouraging them to branch into the funeral business with an undertaker turned tycoon who wrote the book How to Become Dead Rich.

Hospice Funerals is a joint venture between St Margaret’s hospice in Taunton and Memoria. The firm’s chief executive is Howard Hodgson, whose book charted how he became wealthy by taking over scores of undertakers “against the background of Margaret Thatcher’s enterprise culture”.

Why a better option? Hospice needs business; community needs funerals: hospice understands grief: marriage made in heaven

Great catch up with Ann Lee at HUK conference - top marks Ann for taking that bold step that we have all thought about but never had courage to do -Hospice Funerals is genius #HUKConf17

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