A fond farewell to Patrick and Vivian Fuller

This month brought the news that WB The Creative Jewellery Group, which owns Domino, Gecko and Weston Beamor, has been sold to the Heimerle + Meule Group by owners Patrick and Vivian Fuller. I have met Patrick many times since becoming editor of Jewellery Focus and what always struck me…

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Nuclear physicist turned jeweller

Guenther Wurmbauer, 36, originally from Austria, spent five years studying at university before becoming a nuclear physicist. When his job took him to the west of Scotland in 2010, his wife Jareeya struggled to find work and so decided to sell jewellery online. Sourcing products in the Far East, the…

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Beaverbrooks’ CEO promoted to the board of directors

Beaverbrooks CEO, Anna Blackburn, has become the second ever non-family member to be promoted to the board of the company, taking on the new role of managing director. Blackburn joined the 99-year-old family jewellers as a graduate trainee in 1998, and after working her way up within the business, accepted…

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Goldsmiths unveils refurbished Jersey showroom

High street jeweller Goldsmiths has revealed its newly refurbished Jersey showroom, following a £50,000 investment. Located on the island’s capital of St. Helier, the store has been re-opened with a new shop-fit. The showroom itself has been situated on the corner of Queen Street for almost 20 years, and lies…

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Picchiotti: 50 years of style

Picchiotti was born in Valenza, a quiet town enveloped in the lush and fragrant vine-covered hills of Piedmont and renowned for its meticulous hand-craftsmanship of precious gem-set jewelry, into a family of pharmacists. His lack of enthusiasm and aptitude for the family profession prompted Giuseppe’s father to ask the director…

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Jeremy France raises over £10k for charity

Independent jewellers Jeremy France have raised over £10,000 for the charity, The Murray Parish Trust. Since October 2016, the retailer has been taking charitable donations for all jewellery polishing, alongside holding in-store events in order to raise the funds. Some of the 25-strong team located in Winchester also scaled Mount…

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Sotheby’s Diamonds unveils ‘exceptionally’ rare diamond

Auctioneers Sotheby’s Diamonds celebrated the first anniversary of its New Bond Street salon by unveiling a rare 102.34 carat white diamond. According to the group the stone is the only known round brilliant-cut diamond over 100 carats, and has been labelled as ‘perfect’ in colour, clarity and cut. The diamond…

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Newton Mearns jewellers closes after 45 years

The Eric N Smith jewellers in Glasgow will be closing its doors in April 2018 after attempts to find a buyer for business fell through. Owners Eric and Yvonne Smith told the the Herald Scotland that the difficulty in finding a buyer was because “Yvonne and I are the business”,…

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Israel Diamond exchange launches new Diamond Tech innovation centre

The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) has launched a new innovation centre, Diamond Tech, to host and support diamond related startup companies. Located within the IDE complex, the centre will help IDE promote new technologies that will bring added value to the diamond industry as well as to other sectors. Carats.Io,…

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Consumer spending grows 3.9% in January

Consumer spending increased 3.9% in January, partially driven by price increases that continued to drive uplifts in ‘essential’ spending. That is according to data from Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions. Spending growth on day-to-day necessities surpassed 4% for the first time in…

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