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You and Yours: Funeral pricing: the end of the CD?

11/02/2022

Funeral pricing: the end of the CD?

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Funeral pricing: the end of the CD?

Funeral pricing; the demise of the CD; gas crisis in Northern Ireland.

Funeral directors are required to have a clear pricing list so consumers know what's included, but we found 10% of the directors we looked at had no price list at all.

Last summer the funeral industry was instructed to  make big changes to price transparency. They had to display a clear price list in an agreed format on their websites and shop windows. It was aimed at the making the process  of choosing a funeral provider easier so families could potentially compare prices. But this programme did a spot check of  65 and found that 10 percent  had no prices listed at all. We'll talk to a charity that helps people struggling with funeral costs and the National Association of Funeral Directors

Is the end in sight for the CD? Tesco stops selling them this month as more consumers go digital for their music, but you'll hear from Record producer Stephen Street who worked with the Smiths and Blur, who says it's time the format had a revival. 

You hear a lot about the gas bills in England, Wales and Scotland, but what about Northern Ireland where they don't have a price cap. Get the lowdown from NI Business Correspondent Clodagh Rice on how consumers are coping with the fourth price rise in a year.

Prices for second hand cars are continuing to rise and it's causing problems when they're written off in accidents and have to replaced. Insurance payments aren't keeping pace with rocketing values leaving some people out of pocket.

PRESENTER: PETER WHITE

PRODUCER: CATHERINE MURRAY

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