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Mar- 2020 -31 March
Covid-19: Stephen Webster supports Mind
Stephen Webster has announced he will donate 10% of all online sales to Mind charity during the coronavirus pandemic. The jeweller said that it is important to monitor mental health during the current pandemic, as “the world can begin to feel a very dark and lonely place”. Mind is a…
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30 March
Beaverbrooks closes website and warehouse operations
Beaverbrooks has closed its website and warehouse operations until further notice. Anna Blackburn, managing director at Beaverbrooks, said the company made the “difficult decision” to close its website and warehouse operations to “protect” its colleagues, their families and the wider community. She added: “As a family owned business, the safety…
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27 March
Fellows auctioneers stage auction from home
Fellows Auctioneers has revealed that its latest auction was operated in full from a family home in Shropshire on 26 March. The auction, which was “one of their most successful” auctions to date, achieved a hammer total of £210,000. Managing director Stephen Whittaker was auctioneer from his family home, with…
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26 March
Self-employed to get 80% income grant
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced the government will pay self-employed people a taxable grant based on their previous earnings over the last three years, worth up to 80% of earnings, and capped at £2,500 a month. Sunak said it will run for a minimum of three months, with scope for…
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26 March
Covid-19: Banks under fire over emergency loan scheme
Banks have come under fire over government-backed emergency loans which require business owners to sign for a personal guarantee, as the UK battles with the Covid-19 pandemic. The British Business Bank (BBB) opened applications for the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) on Monday (23 March), and claimed the loan…
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25 March
Assay offices close their doors
All four assay offices across the UK have closed their doors amid the coronavirus crisis. The assay offices, in Birmingham, Edinburgh, London and Sheffield, will now be closed for business for “at least” three weeks. In a statement, the British Hallmarking Council said: “The pandemic has caused many disruptions to…
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24 March
NAJ postpones 2020 summit
The NAJ has announced that it will be postponing its 2020 Seminar amid the current coronavirus situation. It is now scheduled to take place in June 2021. The Summit was due to take place between the 20 June and 22 June at the De Vere Staverton Park Estate in Northamptonshire,…
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23 March
PM bans ‘non-essential retail’, instructs public to stay at home
The UK public are only allowed to venture out of their homes for essential supplies and one exercise outing per day, or face fines, under new measures introduced this evening by the prime minister. In a recorded address filmed in No 10 Downing Street, Boris Johnson said the police will…
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