Five jailed over £7m Monopoly money scam on jewellery stores

A gang of conmen who used Monopoly money to trick jewellery store owners as part of a £7m scam have…

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Retail footfall edges up in May

Retail footfall edged up 0.3% in May compared with the same month last year, according to data from the British…

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Watches of Switzerland set to open new Knightsbridge store

Watches of Switzerland is set to complete what it calls a ‘golden triangle’ of London stores with the opening of…

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EU knows?

By the time next time I write my letter for this column, the British public will have made the biggest…

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Blue diamond sells for record-breaking £17.5m

The Cullinan Dream has sold at auction for $25.3m (£17.5m), making it the most expensive fancy intense blue diamond to…

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NAJ appoints new chairman and vice-chairman

The National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) has announced the appointment of a new chairman and vice-chairman. Simon Johnson, owner of…

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Royal Mint to sell gold bars into pensions for first time

The Royal Mint, which supplies all of the UK’s coinage, is to offer investors the chance to own gold bars…

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Jewellery and watch sales grow in May

Jewellery and watch sales grew in May in a month that brought ‘better news’ for UK retailers, according to new…

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Polished diamond prices dip in May

The price of polished diamonds declined slightly in May as buyers waited for the JCK Las Vegas show, which took…

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Jeremy France Jewellers named Winchester’s ‘Independent Business of the year’

Jeremy France Jewellers has scooped the award for the ‘Independent Business of the Year’ at the Winchester Business Excellence Awards…

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