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Voice On The Highstreet

  • Mar- 2016 -
    10 March
    VOHS: Silver Tree Jewellery

    VOHS: Silver Tree Jewellery

    Name: Oliver Gibson, Silver Tree Jewellery Location: Lancaster Year Established: 1982 Number of staff: 14 Website: www.silvertreejewellery.co.uk Tell us about the history of Silver Tree Jewellery Silver Tree Jewellery was founded in 1982 initially as Lancaster’s only silver jewellery shop. In 1991, Pat Gibson bought the business and Silver Tree…

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  • Nov- 2014 -
    11 November
    VOHS: Dervla Cogan, Brilliant Inc, London

    VOHS: Dervla Cogan, Brilliant Inc, London

    Dervla Cogan of Brilliant Inc describes running a jewellery shop with her sister Emma, and how the market for fine jewellery that doesn’t break the bank is a winner in the West London scene. Tell us a bit about the company My sister Emma and I opened our Chelsea boutique…

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  • Oct- 2014 -
    13 October
    VOHS: Catherine Jones Jewellery

    VOHS: Catherine Jones Jewellery

    Vanessa Burkitt, of Catherine Jones Jewellery in Cambridge, tells Jewellery Focus about her career in the jewellery industry and the joys and challenges of keeping the brand in the family. Tell us a bit about the history of Catherine Jones Jewellery Our business was created in 1963 by a stroke…

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  • Apr- 2014 -
    9 April
    Claire Mortimer, Chapelle Jewellery, Nottingham

    Claire Mortimer, Chapelle Jewellery, Nottingham

    Tell us about Chapelle Jewellery. Our first store opened in 1998 when our directors identified the opportunity of being the jewellery specialist in the out-of-town designer outlets. We provide a retail environment for brands and manufacturers to clear their overstocks and previous seasons’ models without competing with the current ranges…

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  • Oct- 2013 -
    29 October
    Molly Cleagg of Murano Silver, Market Deeping

    Molly Cleagg of Murano Silver, Market Deeping

    At 18 you chose to go into the jewellery industry rather than university, what helped you make that decision? It was easy. I loved my Saturday job, I love jewellery and I love being in shop during the day chatting to people, helping them choose pieces and just being around…

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  • 11 October
    F. Hinds opens 111th store in Coventry

    F. Hinds opens 111th store in Coventry

    Britain’s largest family jeweller has celebrated its 111th shop opening with an official ceremony attended by the mayor of Coventry and several members of the Hinds family. The 1,400 sq ft premises means the chain is now at its largest number of outlets in its history. Six members of staff…

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  • Sep- 2013 -
    20 September
    Designer celebrates first anniversary after six-figure investment

    Designer celebrates first anniversary after six-figure investment

    An award-winning Worcester jeweller is celebrating the first year in her new premises following a six-figure investment. It is 12 months since jewellery designer Anja Potze, who creates bespoke pieces for a wide spectrum of national customers, ploughed £224,000 into the purchase of her new premises in the city’s Friar…

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  • Aug- 2013 -
    22 August
    John Henn of T.A. Henn & Son, Wolverhampton

    John Henn of T.A. Henn & Son, Wolverhampton

    Could you please give us a brief introduction to T A Henn and its history? T A Henn is a sixth generation jeweller in the centre of Wolverhampton. Founded in 1847 to make clocks, it moved to its current location around 1890, and started selling jewellery soon afterwards when diamonds…

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  • Jul- 2013 -
    18 July
    Voice On The Highstreet: Judith Hart of Judith Hart Jewellers, Derby

    Voice On The Highstreet: Judith Hart of Judith Hart Jewellers, Derby

    Can you please tell us a little bit about the history of Judith Hart Jewellers? Judith Hart Jewellers was established in 1980 in the Eagle Centre, Derby. At the time I was in my early 20s and set the business up with a loan guaranteed by my parents. I was…

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