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Jan- 2015 -9 January
Naomi Newton-Sherlock named director of Weston Beamor
Naomi Newton-Sherlock, who was promoted to the post of creative director at Domino in 2013, has been made a director of the brand’s sister company Weston Beamor. Weston Beamor is the longest established of the three companies within WB The Creative Jewellery Group, having been founded just after World War…
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9 January
JewelStreet lands £456,000 investment
Online jewellery marketplace, JewelStreet.com, has secured a £456,000 round of investment to fuel further growth. The investment was led by Polygon Group, an investment company based in Guernsey, and as a result Martin Belcher, chairman of Polygon will join the JewelStreet board. Belcher said: “We are thrilled to take the…
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8 January
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 shop ‘ploy’. In December, a victim was persuaded to purchase a Rolex watch from a jeweller in the Torbay area. The victim then entered the jewellers in person and was…
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8 January
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 8.7%, according to the RapNet Diamond Index (RAPI). For the year 2014, 0.3-carat diamonds also declined 6.5% and 3-carat diamonds dropped 6.6%. Only 0.5-carat diamonds increased, by a marginal 0.1%.…
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8 January
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 on their smartphones. Following the successful release of its iPhone app, the Android app will allow RapNet members to follow the diamond market on the go, including access to advanced…
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7 January
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 of 1.9% in November. This is according to the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index which found that non-food deflation slowed marginally in December to 2.8% from 2.9% in November. On a 12-month…
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6 January
Holts Academy appoints new MD
Holts Academy has appointed Anne Angell as its new managing director. Angell was previously head of operations for the firm, and has a background in education and jewellery. The firm said in a statement that she “specialises in employability, training and skills provision for enhanced performance and quality. These…
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5 January
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’ pawn and secured lending industry. The startup, called Unbolted, lets consumers use their high value personal assets to access loans of up to £1m. Loans can be secured against anything…
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5 January
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 of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year’s honours list. Holt, who founded Holts Academy, was recognised for his services to apprenticeships, his…
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Dec- 2014 -23 December
£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 world’s top auctions houses. According to the Daily Mail, valuable works of art, including rare pieces by Fabergé – the court jewellers of Imperial Russia – were taken from Christie’s…
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