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Telephone fraudsters use jewellery shops to scam elderly

Criminals have been using an elaborate telephone scam to extort money from unsuspecting members of the public, using a jewellery…

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Polished diamonds prices fell 8.7% in 2014

Polished diamond prices fell in 2014 as demand in China slowed and liquidity dried up, with polished 1-carat prices dropping…

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RapNet launches new Android app to access diamond market

Diamond trading network RapNet has released a new mobile app for Android, allowing its members to follow the diamond market…

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Shop prices report deflation for twentieth consecutive month

Overall shop prices have reported year-on-year deflation for the twentieth consecutive month, decelerating to 1.7% in December after reporting deflation…

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Holts Academy appoints new MD

  Holts Academy has appointed Anne Angell as its new managing director. Angell was previously head of operations for the…

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New firm to challenge UKs ‘outdated’ pawnbroking industry

A new online peer-to-peer lending platform has launched in an effort to challenge what it describes as the UKs ‘outdated’…

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Jason Holt awarded CBE in New Year’s honours list

The chief executive of Holts Group and the government’s apprenticeship ambassador for SMEs, Jason Holt, has been awarded the honour…

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£1m of items stolen from Christie’s London HQ

Antiques and jewellery believed to be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has been stolen from Christie’s, one of the…

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Raiders steal £150,000 of watches from Huddersfield Beaverbrooks

Raiders have stolen almost £150,000 worth of designer watches from a Beaverbrooks in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.  The raid, which took…

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New retail quarter to be developed in Sheffield city centre

Plans for a new retail quarter in Sheffield city centre are well underway with the city Council announcing that it…

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