Current Affairs

Responsible Jewellery Council certifies three new members

The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) announced that Sheetal Manufacturing Company Private Ltd, Accurist Watches Limited and Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong)…

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Elvis’ Omega watch breaks world record at auction

Elvis’s Omega sold for $52000 at Antiquorum last week and this figure was nearly three times its pre-sale estimate of…

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Lord Henley praises the Gold Standard

The Code of Conduct for the Purchase of Second-hand Precious Metals & Jewellery has been created to help protect jewellers…

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Jeweller in Rochdale held at gunpoint

SaferGems found itself at the forefront of fighting crime when a Jeweller from Rochdale, Greater Manchester used the service.

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Hallmarking figures show improvement on last year

May 2012's hallmarking statistics show that the total number of units hallmarked by the four UK assay offices is up…

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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills sets up new skills academy

A new investment has been announced to extend the National SkillsAcademy for Creative & Cultural to benefit the jewellery sector.

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Edinburgh Assay Office to launch online consumer assurance scheme

Edinburgh Assay Office will launch the jewellery industry's first consumer online assurance scheme –Assay Assured – on 12 June at…

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Johnson Matthey report shows rise in platinum demand, but a fall for palladium

Gross platinum jewellery demand rose by two per cent in 2011 to 2.48 million ounces, according to Johnson Matthey's Platinum…

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Police support needed in fight against shop violence, says BRC

The British Retail Consortium's (BRC) latest annual crime survey has revealed that more than 35,000 members of staff working in…

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Shopping venues are ‘best place for brands’

The British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) and the Institute of Promotional Marketing (IPM) are set to launch a joint…

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