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Heir hunters trace hero’s family after World War One medal find
December 13, 2016
The Victory medal was discovered near the Maritime Museum at Liverpool’s Albert Dock on the 70th anniversary celebrations of the D-Day landings.
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Daniel Curran on Tony Snell Radio Merseyside
December 13, 2016
Daniel Curran on Radio Merseyside.
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Guardian Public Service Awards 2016
December 5, 2016
Sevenoaks District Council , winners of the Finance award, presented by Anette Nielsen, senior general manager of Finders International and Sally Phillips.
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Guardian Public Service Awards 2016: sponsors
November 30, 2016
Category sponsor: finance Finders International are global probate genealogists, also known as “Heir Hunters”, and appear on the BBC1 TV series of the same.
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Cost of funerals for people who die alone exceeds £70,000 in four years in Hammersmith and Fulham
November 28, 2016
Since 2012, the figure has dipped up and down, but last year the costs of what are also known as public health funerals reached its highest point at £18,000, almost double the amount spent the previous year (2014/15).
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Funeral costs for local authorities on the rise
November 22, 2016
The cost of Public Health Act funerals, also known as “Paupers’ funerals”, is on the rise. These are arranged at the council or hospital’s expense when people die with no known next of kin or nobody willing to pay.
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Waltham Forest council billed £19,000 for pauper’s funerals last year
November 22, 2016
Local authorities can apply to the Finders International Funeral Fund for a subsidy towards the cost of their Public Health Funerals.
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Ten reasons to make a will
November 17, 2016
Drawing up a will is the only way to ensure your assets are distributed according to your final wishes.
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The heir hunters: No will and no known next of kin – what happens next?
November 14, 2016
It’s relatively easy to make a Will. Yet an astonishing 50 percent of people put it off, sometimes forever. So what happens then...?
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40 estates a week go unclaimed – why you should write a will
October 24, 2016
This issue has become more apparent since 2014 when the Government cut funding for will searches in cases where a deceased person has no immediate family.
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