Q&A Sessions
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Jun- 2019 -12 June
Trade Insight: L’atelier De Pino Spitaleri
Pino Spitaleri, 36, was born in Belgium, and has been around stones and diamonds ever since he was a child. His family were originally from Sicily where his grandfather was a miner, and the family immigrated to Belgium for mining work. The passion for jewellery was awoken early: when he…
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5 June
Sixty-second interview: Shaun Bell MD at Joshua James Jewellery
Describe yourself in three words. Hardworking. Dedicated. Focused. How did you get to be where you are today? Hard work! You have to adapt to remain ahead of current trends, without losing the essence of what your brand is about. That involves knowing which brands you should be working with,…
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May- 2019 -15 May
Sixty-Second Interview: Elie Bernheim
Describe yourself in three words? Impatient, Driven, Innovative. How did you get to be where you are today? I’m proud to be part of an independent family company. My grandfather, Mr Raymond Weil, founded the company in 1976 and I was appointed CEO in April 2014 after taking over from…
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Nov- 2018 -20 November
Company Q&A: Pranda UK
Tell us a bit about the history of Pranda Pranda UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pranda Jewelry and was established in Thailand over 40 years ago. It specialises in manufacturing gold and silver gem set jewellery along with high end fashion jewellery. The UK subsidiary is effectively the…
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Oct- 2018 -1 October
Q&A with Greg Valerio
Tell us a bit about yourself and how you got into the jewellery industry I got into the jewellery trade by accident, I was running my own charity and I really became very convinced that actually the solution to global poverty is trade, not aid. That’s why I formed a…
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Sep- 2018 -25 September
Three-Minute Interview: Murano Silver
Describe yourself in three words. Creative, personable, determined When you were at school, what did you want to be and why? In my early days at school I just wanted to draw. I later refined this and decided I wanted to design and make clothes or jewellery. It’s something that’s…
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21 September
Voice on the High Street: David Clark
Tell us about WE Clark & Son’s history WE Clark & Son has a fantastic history, with its roots now going back four generations within the same family. WE Clark established his jewellery shop in Lewes, East Sussex in 1919 after marrying a beautiful hat model and deciding Lewes was…
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19 September
Brand Q&A: Anunnaki Jewels
Tell us about yourself and how you got into the jewellery industry. To begin with, I studied engineering at university for five years, and I was planning to try and join the military, but I decided that I wanted to stick with jewellery. While I was doing the engineering I…
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12 September
Three-Minute Interview: Wilson’s Restringing Service
Describe yourself in three words? Hard-working, honest and friendly. When you were at school, what did you want to be and why? I never knew what I wanted to be whilst at school, I just knew I wanted to work and earn money. I took a secretarial job straight from…
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10 September
Voice on the High Street: Cupitt Jeweller
Name: Cupitt Jeweller Location: Bromsgrove Year established: 1946 Number of staff: 7 Website: www.cupittjeweller.co.uk What’s the history of Cupitt Jeweller? Claude Cupitt started the business in Bromsgrove, in 1946. When he retired in 1979 his son Jim took over the business with his wife Sue. They relocated the shop to…
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