Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council celebrates 60 years with Cartier

The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council will be hosting an event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its partnership with Cartier. Jewellery specialist Joanna Hardy will lead the ‘In Conversation’ event, which will provide an opportunity to hear from two experienced individuals working with Cartier and take a behind-the-scenes look…

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Festive footfall disappoints despite increase on New Years Day

Footfall dropped by -10.5% on New Year’s Eve compared with the previous year, according to new retail footfall data. Springboard, a provider of automated footfall monitoring services, reported footfall dropped significantly and unexpectedly on New Year’s Eve across the UK, declining by -10.5% over the 24 hours and by -7.2%…

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Alrosa to hold 30 international auctions for sale of ‘special size’ diamonds

Alrosa is planning to hold 30 international auctions for the sale of ‘special size’ natural rough diamonds over 10.8 carats in 2018. Five auctions will be held in Q1, 10 in Q2, six in Q3, and nine auctions in the final quarter. Two auctions will be held in New York…

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Beaverbrooks keeps tradition of closing all 71 shops on Boxing Day

National jewellers Beaverbrooks will not be opening its 71 doors to shoppers this Boxing Day –  keeping alive a tradition that has run for its entire trading history. The company, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2019, has always closed on Boxing Day, as it believes that after the…

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Desire jewellery and silversmithing fair returns to London

The desire jewellery and silvering smithing fair will be held at Kensington Hall in London from 2-4 March 2018, while its previous venue at Chelsea Town Hall is refurbished. The event allows visitors to purchase items directly from contemporary designer makers, selected from the best in the UK. Those celebrating…

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Men from Liverpool ‘most generous’ jewellery gift-givers

Men from Liverpool are spend more on jewellery gifts than men in any other part of the UK, according to a new survey. A poll of 28,000 customers of online jewellery marketplace Jewelstreet found that Liverpudlian lads spend an average of £330.20 on a jewellery gift. Men from London came…

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Warren James announce increase in profits

Jewellery retailer Warren James has announced a rise in profits to £42.7 million for the year ended 31 March 2017. The figures filed on Companies House this week show that profit before taxation has risen by 12.3% – up from £37.7 million in 2016. Privately owned by managing directors John…

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Hallmarking figures drop by 11% in November

The volume of jewellery hallmarked by the four UK assay offices fell by an average of 11% in November compared with the same period the previous year, according to figures compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office. The average volume of gold pieces hallmarked fell by 12.1% to 492,537 compared with…

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Alrosa recovers 98-carat diamond in Russia

Alrosa has recovered a 98.63 carat diamond from its Jubilee pipe in Yubileynaya, Russia. The Aikhal Mining and Processing Division (MPD) extracted the stone, which is a transparent yellow-tinted octahedron crystal measuring 28.96 х 28.03 х 27.30 mm. Evgeny Agureev, director of Alrosa, said: “One more discovery weighing almost 100…

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90% of retailers to ‘struggle’ with upcoming accounting rules

Britain’s retailers look set to emerge as the most exposed to new lease commitments, according to analysis by Aptitude Software, a global financial software specialist. The firm predicts that 90% of UK high street retailers will struggle to comply with the impending lease accounting standards (IFRS 16) which come into…

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