‘Gold Standard’ second-hand precious metals initiative gathers momentum

Set up by Surrey Police in association with the National Association of Goldsmiths (NAG), the British Jewellers’ Association (BJA), and the National Pawnbrokers Association (NPA), the scheme has started to spread nationwide as jewellers, police forces and local councils across the country take on the scheme in order to tackle the recent spate of high-value metal thefts.