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		<title>Pre-paid funeral regulation: a year on</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[The pre-paid funerals market has had a huge shake up over the past year with a number of former players leaving the industry as a result of financial regulation. So, what does this mean for consumers? Steve Wallis, MD of direct cremation provider, Distinct Cremations, says that regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[Design and construction firm Beam Development is expanding with two new senior hires. Dan Kitson and Gino Kent both join the full-service construction company as project managers. Dan, who moves from Hawksmoor Construction Ltd, brings 13 years’ experience to the position working as a consultant and project manager for consultancy and contractor organisations. Gino joins [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Why build with concrete when you can use stone</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Traditional materials such as Portland stone may have been pushed out of the mainstream by concrete and steel, but nothing beats this natural material, says design and construction specialist Dan Grimshaw. “It may be old as the hills but is still a viable option for eco-conscious builds and can still play a significant role in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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				<description><![CDATA[The co-founder of a mobile barbering service who operate in the Guildford area has revealed how the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the USA sent shock waves that have affected many UK businesses. Giuliano Dore, founder of Get Groomed Mobile Barbers has no funding from the bank, but his UK-based barbering business which [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Relaxation of immigration rules for bricklayers and carpenters welcomed</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Design and construction specialist Dan Grimshaw has welcomed the news that bricklayers and carpenters are to be added to the list of trades with shortages and that rules governing migrant workers are to be loosened. “I’ve never agreed that some trades have more &#8216;value&#8217; than others,” said Dan, founder of Beam Development, who works on [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Manchester Moustache the last remnant of lockdown?</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The moustache is back in fashion in Manchester and the city&#8217;s mobile barbering service believes that lockdown is the main reason. Mobile barbers Get Groomed say men started experimenting with facial hair during lockdown to relieve the boredom and that is the main reason why so many upper lips are now adorned with a moustache. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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