Current Affairs
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Jan- 2014 -27 January
Sales of gift cards show Q3 increase
Sales of gift cards and vouchers to consumers grew by 13 per cent in the third quarter of 2013 according to the latest statistics from The UK Gift Card and Voucher Association. The trade body, which represents the key players in the £4.7 billion gift voucher, cards and ‘stored value…
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14 January
BAO announce 1.9% decline in hallmarking
Hallmarking has dropped 1.9 per cent on last year according to The Birmingham Assay Office 2013 hallmarking figures. The decline, compared to figures for 2012, show that the four UK Assay Offices hallmarked 9,156,858 articles in 2013 compared to 9,331,451 the previous year. This slight drop however is an improvement…
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9 January
LJS announces new course for home learning
The London Jewellery School (LJS) has announced a new project which allows students to take online courses in jewellery design. The project, entitled Jewelry from Home, allows those who enrol on a course after paying the fee of £19.99 to have lifetime access to all of the materials available on…
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Dec- 2013 -12 December
Survey reveals Londoners’ taste for luxury jewellery
A survey of Christmas shoppers conducted in central London last week found that store retailers are winning the battle with their online rivals this year at the luxury end of the market. Of those surveyed, 64 per cent said they preferred shopping in store, and only 15 per cent said…
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Sep- 2013 -23 September
CBI on Grimsey Review: ‘High streets have changed forever’
The CBI’s chief policy director, Katja Hall, has claimed that the high street cannot be “reinvented” after so much change as taken place in recent years. In response to the Grimsey Review, she said: “Rapid change in the retail sector means high streets have changed forever, and we can’t reinvent…
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16 September
World’s first jewellery comparison website launched
The world’s first totally impartial, independent and free-to-use jewellery comparison website has been launched. Comparejewellery.com aims to make it easier and less risky for shoppers to purchase jewellery online and aims to be the “consumer champion of the jewellery world”, offering users a trusted online destination to search for “great…
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4 September
NAG and BJA announce new Collaboration at IJL 2013
It was announced yesterday at IJL that the National Association of Goldsmiths and the British Jewellers Association have agreed to ‘explore ways of developing closer cooperation.’ As a result of this new partnership the two associations have set up a ‘working group’ which will look at ways they can work…
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Aug- 2013 -22 August
StrawPoll uncovers UK’s biggest jewellery spenders
Specialist media agency for premium brands, Cream, has launched a new survey of the UK’s most important jewellery consumers called StrawPoll. The poll, which monitors a panel of 850 consumers and their spending, is a three-times-a-year study. It focuses on those who spend more than £100 per month on footwear,…
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Jun- 2013 -20 June
Draft Consumer Rights Bill cautiously welcomed by So Jewellery
So Jewellery says that it cautiously welcomes the measures taken to enhance consumer rights and make them easier to understand, as unveiled last week by Consumer Minister Jo Swinson.
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May- 2013 -29 May
Central African Republic suspended from Kimberley Process Certification Scheme
Eli Izhakoff, president of the World Diamond Council, has supported without reservation the decision issued on 23 May by Ambassador Welile Nhlapo, chair of the Kimberley Process (KP), to suspend temporarily the Central African Republic (CAR) from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.
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