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Jan- 2015 -9 JanuaryE-Commerce
JewelStreet lands £456,000 investment
Online jewellery marketplace, JewelStreet.com, has secured a £456,000 round of investment to fuel further growth. The investment was led by…
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8 JanuaryCrime
Telephone fraudsters use jewellery shops to scam elderly
Criminals have been using an elaborate telephone scam to extort money from unsuspecting members of the public, using a jewellery…
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8 JanuaryManufacturers
Polished diamonds prices fell 8.7% in 2014
Polished diamond prices fell in 2014 as demand in China slowed and liquidity dried up, with polished 1-carat prices dropping…
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8 JanuaryProduct Launches
RapNet launches new Android app to access diamond market
Diamond trading network RapNet has released a new mobile app for Android, allowing its members to follow the diamond market…
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7 JanuaryEconomy
Shop prices report deflation for twentieth consecutive month
Overall shop prices have reported year-on-year deflation for the twentieth consecutive month, decelerating to 1.7% in December after reporting deflation…
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6 JanuaryWatch Focus
Lars Larsen watches to be stocked by Watchshop.com
Danish watch company Lars Larsen has announced a retail partnership with Watchshop.com, the online UK watch retailer. The announcement, which…
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5 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
New firm to challenge UKs ‘outdated’ pawnbroking industry
A new online peer-to-peer lending platform has launched in an effort to challenge what it describes as the UKs ‘outdated’…
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5 JanuaryEvents
Jason Holt awarded CBE in New Year’s honours list
The chief executive of Holts Group and the government’s apprenticeship ambassador for SMEs, Jason Holt, has been awarded the honour…
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Dec- 2014 -23 DecemberCrime
£1m of items stolen from Christie’s London HQ
Antiques and jewellery believed to be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has been stolen from Christie’s, one of the…
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23 DecemberCrime
Raiders steal £150,000 of watches from Huddersfield Beaverbrooks
Raiders have stolen almost £150,000 worth of designer watches from a Beaverbrooks in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The raid, which took…
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