Getting closer to Colombia’s emeralds

Every emerald should tell its own story, from the day the precious gemstone is mined and held to the light for the first time, to the moment the customer holds a jewel of such beauty in their hand. Colombia’s Chivor, Coscuez and Muzo mines produce the finest emeralds in the…

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Christie’s announces autumn Jewels Online sale

Christie’s has announced its upcoming Jewels Online Sale , which is set to run between 8 September and 22 September.  The sale features a broad selection of “iconic” designs by jewelers including Angela Cummings, Bulgari, Cartier, David Webb, Graff, Harry Winston, JAR, Pomellato, Tiffany and Co., and Van Cleef and…

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Hatton and Spencer launches travel case range

Jewellery packaging supplier Hatton and Spencer has introduced a new range of jewellery travel cases that are tailored to UK jewellers.  The Keepsafe range is one of the first travel case collections to be offered by a UK packaging provider, according to the group. The collection features a variety of…

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Swatch brings back iconic design with bio-sourced materials

Swatch has launched the ”1983 collection”, a new series of timepieces made with natural materials. This marks the first time a watch manufacturer has been successful in replacing conventional materials with bio-sourced materials in a series production environment. The two newly introduced bio-sourced materials are extracted from the seeds of…

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Up to £3.5bn furlough claims fraudulent, says HMRC

Up to £3.5bn in payments from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme may have been claimed fraudulently or paid in error, according to the HMRC. Jim Harra, HMRC’s permanent secretary, appeared before MPs on the Public Accounts Committee to discuss the tax authority’s estimates that 5-10% of furlough claims have been…

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UK retail sales increase by 4.7% in August

UK retail sales in August have increased by 4.7% on a like-for-like basis from August 2019, according to figures released in BRC-KPMG’s Retail Sales Monitor report for the month. Overall sales increased by 3.9% in the period, in comparison to a decline of 0.4% in August 2019. This is above…

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Yorkshire jewellers hit with armed robbery

A West Yorkshire jeweller has been robbed by three men who were reportedly armed with sledgehammers. According to local reports, the crime occurred at Wetherby-based store Kendall’s Jewellers shop last Saturday (5 September). The Yorkshire Evening Post reported that officers were called to the scene at about 1.18pm to reports…

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Second NAJ Live takes place

The second digital NAJ Live took place last week (27 August) with more than 100 attendees signing up to hear from Patricia Law FIRV, Lucy Cripps and Jill Newman under the theme of ‘trending’. In the latest edition of the industry show, Jill Newman, editor at large for the Natural…

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Auree launches earrings in aid of Little Village

British jewellery brand Auree has launched a new hoop earring in aid of charity.  Its Rowfant Rainbow Charity Hoop earrings will support the charity Little Village, a baby bank based in London which offers clothes to toys for children up to the age of five. The charity also provides a…

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Redundancies planned by 60% of mid-sized firms

More than half (60%) of the UK’s medium-sized businesses are planning redundancies as a result of the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme coming to an end in October, according to new research from accountancy and business advisory firm, BDO. BDO’s monthly Rethinking the Economy survey of 500 medium-sized businesses across…

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