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May- 2021 -25 May
Hancocks London launches historic tiara hire service
Mayfair’s Hancocks London has launched a new historic tiaras for hire service offering to its clients for weddings in 2021 and 2022. The initiative allows for Hancocks’ tiaras to be hired at a 1% charge of the retail value plus VAT for 24 hour periods. The deal includes a minimum…
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24 May
Beaverbrooks secures top ranking in Best Companies to Work For list 2021
Beaverbrooks has announced that it has ranked number one in the 100 Best Companies to Work For list 2021, in addition to being named as ‘Retail’s Best Company to Work For’. The jeweller, which was ranked number nine in 2020, has featured prominently in the list for 18 consecutive years,…
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24 May
Alison Moore moves to larger Orkney premises
Alison Moore, an Orkney-based jewellery designer, has moved premises to a larger site in Dounby, Orkney. Decorated in the group’s signature dark blue and gold, the establishment includes both a street-front shop and expanded workshop area. While the shop houses Alison Moore’s full range of jewellery, there is also a…
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21 May
Aether Diamonds receives world’s first vegan certification
Aether Diamonds has announced that it is the first company in the world to receive a vegan certification for its diamonds. The certification was granted in April 2021 by Vegan Action (vegan.org) which has over 20 years of operational experience. The jewellers is one of the first companies to create…
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21 May
Richemont’s jewellery maisons drive sales recovery
Luxury goods holding company Richemont has announced that its FY21 jewellery maisons sales grew 3% year-on-year to £6.42m. Operating profit at the Swiss firm’s jewellery maisons also spiked 11% for the year ended 31 March 2021, increasing its operating margin to 31%. The owner of Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels,…
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20 May
RJC joins UNGC SDG Ambition platform
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has announced that it has joined the UN Global Compact Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Ambition platform. Designed to accelerate the integration of the UN’s SDG by participating companies, the programme enables businesses to “step up transformative change” by unlocking business value, building business resilience, and…
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20 May
Natural Diamond Council partners with Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group
The Natural Diamond Council has announced a strategic partnership with Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group (Chow Tai Fook). The partnership will aim to introduce the Chinese consumers, especially the younger generation, to natural diamonds through the use of diverse communication channels and accessible digital content, as well as the provision…
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19 May
De Beers fourth cycle diamond sales reach £268m
De Beers Group has announced a provisional value of its rough diamond sales of $380m (£268m) for the period 3 May to 18 May 2021 for the fourth sales cycle of 2021. Owing to the restrictions on the movement of people and products in various jurisdictions around the globe, the…
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19 May
Hallmarking up 4.1% YTD
The total number of pieces hallmarked for the first four months of 2021 increased 4.1%, according to the latest figures from the Birmingham Assay Office. While a year-on-year comparison cannot be made between April 2020 and April 2021 due to Assay Office closures, a year-on-year comparison for the year-to-date can…
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18 May
Fair Luxury launches jewellers survey
Fair Luxury, a collaboration of jewellery industry changemakers, has launched a jewellers survey in an effort to facilitate discussion between jewellers and suppliers. The survey comes in response to the challenges that jewellers can face when aiming to work with responsibly sourced materials, especially due to gold availability and selection.…
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