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The report, commissioned by funeral provider Dignity, says there is significant evidence of mis-selling in the industry, and called for proper regulation of the sector. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2017\/jul\/08\/pre-paid-funeral-failing-cover-cost-of-dying\" target=\"_blank\">Pre-paid funeral plans failing to cover the cost of dying<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Sector is caught in a \u2018perfect storm\u2019 of high pressure sales and fast growthMillions of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-fEG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65936,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dont-dig-deep-for-a-pre-paid-funeral-plan\/","url_meta":{"origin":60182,"position":0},"title":"Don&#039;t dig deep for a pre-paid funeral plan","date":"September 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r About 1.3 million people in the UK have purchased a funeral plan, but experts warn they could become a national scandalTens of thousands of people are at risk of being left out of pocket because of a growing \u201cnational scandal\u201d involving pre-paid funeral plans, it was claimed this week.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27923,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/this-could-be-the-perfect-solution-to-hong-kongs-pricey-office-leases\/","url_meta":{"origin":60182,"position":1},"title":"This could be the perfect solution to Hong Kong\u2019s pricey office leases","date":"September 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The island\u2019s office sector is in for a shakeup Neon lighting of HSBC headquarters in Central, Hong Kong. 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