Strong revenue growth for Dignity helps profits rise 23%

SUTTON Coldfield funeral director group, Dignity has seen a 14% increase in annual revenues, with pre-tax profit up 23%.

The company benefited from a high mortality rate, which showed the number of deaths over the 52-week period to December 25, 2015 rising by 7% to 588,000.

Mike McCollum, chief executive of Dignity, said: “Our staff have performed tremendously in a year when we had to look after a lot more families than originally anticipated.

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