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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Q4 gold demand recovery fails to mitigate full year declines in 2017

Gold demand rallied in the closing months of 2017, gaining 6% year-on-year in Q4 to reach 1,095.8 tonnes (t). However, overall demand for the full year fell by 7% to 4,071.7t compared with 2016, according to the World Gold Council’s latest Gold Demand Trends report. Inflows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs)…

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Hatton Garden jewellery thief dies in jail

Terry Perkins, one of the gang members involved with the Hatton Garden jewellery raid, has died in prison aged 69. He was one of the four ringleaders behind the notorious robbery and his death comes just one week after the gang was ordered to pay a total fine of £27.5m…

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Fourth man charged in Leicester jeweller murder inquiry

A fourth man has been charged in connection with the death and alleged kidnap of a jeweller from Leicester. The jeweller who was named as Ramniklal Jogiya, 74, was found dead in Gaulby Lane, Stoughton on January 25 after he had gone missing as he walked home from work. Javon…

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MP calls for retailers to become more ‘Disability Confident’

The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, Sarah Newton, is encouraging more retailers to realise the benefits of employing disabled people. The government has launched a new campaign to get retailers to sign up to its Disability Confident scheme which launched in 2016. According to the latest official statistics,…

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Hairdresser intervenes in jewellery raid

A hairdresser intervened during a jewellery raid by throwing outdoor shop signage at the thieves breaking into a jewellery store in Billericay. According to a report by the Echo four people on mopeds tried to smash their way into Coleby’s Jewellers at 11.30am on 31 January, using sledge hammers to…

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