Weston Beamor to sponsor award at ‘New Designers’

Weston Beamor, the Birmingham-based jewellery casting and 3D printing company, has announced that it will once again be sponsoring an award at the New Designers annual exhibition.  The Weston Beamor award for ‘the most innovative use of CAD in jewellery design’ will be made during the first day of the…

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Rapaport to auction ‘record’ quantity of diamonds

Rapaport is set to auction a ‘record’ quantity of diamonds, with 98,000 carats on show at its melee auction in Hong Kong today.  The auction consists of recycled and finely assorted premium quality diamond parcels in all shapes, qualities and sizes, sourced from retailers, pawnshops and refineries around the world.…

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British-made has still got it

I’m a big fan of British-made. Over the course of history, in so many fields, British people and companies have earned a reputation for quality, creativity and ingenuity, and nowhere more so than in jewellery design and manufacture. I have had the pleasure of visiting two very British firms in…

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Consumer confidence remains stable in February

Consumer confidence in the UK has remained stable in February as low inflations and rising wages made Britons more confident about their finances, according to new figures released today.  This is according to Gfk’s latest Consumer Confidence Index, which found that consumer confidence remained at +1 during the month. The…

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Houlden Group CEO Stuart Laing to retire after 40 years

The Houlden Group has announced that its founder and CEO Stuart Laing will retire in June 2017, with a successor planned to be announced in June 2015.  Applications for the role were encouraged at the company’s first meeting in 2015, and it is expected that the new leader will come…

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Mondaine to launch ‘first ever’ Swiss made smartwatch

Watch brand Mondaine has launched a brand new smartwatch – the first ever smartwatch to be Swiss made, according to the company.  The Mondaine Helvetica No 1 Smart will use the smartwatch platform MotionX, which manages the communication between the watch and a device that it is connected to via…

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i2i cans Jewellery & Watch London

I2i Events, the organisers of Jewellery & Watch London (JWL) and Jewellery & Watch Birmingham (JWB), has confirmed that the London event will not take place this year.  Organisers say they that JWL, which is usually held in June, could not secure its preferred dates at the Saatchi Gallery. Julie…

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Bremont co-founders named ambassadors for Air Ambulance

Bremont co-founders Nick and Giles English have been named ambassadors for The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS).  In tandem the watch brand has committed to raising enough funds for The Children’s Air Ambulance (TCAA), one of the three services operated by the charity, to pay for a new pilot for the…

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Uno de 50 to open first UK store on London’s Regent Street

Spanish jewellery brand Uno de 50 has announced it will open its first UK store later this year on London’s Regent Street.  The firm agreed a 10-year lease with The Crown Estate for a 1,250 sq ft unit. The move represents the brand’s first foray into the UK market, although…

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JewelStreet secures funding from UKTI

Online jewellery marketplace startup, JewelStreet.com, has secured a round of funding from the Government’s business agency, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). The undisclosed sum will be used to develop the firm’s search marketing strategy as well as its international fulfillment capability. Rob Passmore, co-founder and managing director, said: “We are totally…

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