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Mar- 2014 -18 March
Lucy Q wins Best Designer award at CMJ trade event
Jewellery designer Lucy Quartermaine was announced as the winner of the CMJ Award for Best Designer Collection was announced at the group’s ‘CMJ Fest’ party on Sunday night. The award was presented by CMJ chairman Stephen Hughes. Lucy Quartermaine, namesake of LucyQ Designs, said: “I was gobsmacked when I won;…
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18 March
Jewellery to feature in Royal College of Art show
The Royal College of Art’s has announced that its annual graduate show will be showcasing works including jewellery and silversmithing at its Battersea campus in June.The show, which will take place simultaneously across the College’s two campuses in Battersea and Kensington from 18 to 29 June, will feature work from…
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14 March
Weston Beamor to sponsor New Designers’ Award
Birmingham casting and rapid-prototyping firm, Weston Beamor, has announced that it will once again be sponsoring an award at New Designers, the annual exhibition showcasing work of newly graduated designers from the UK’s leading universities. The Weston Beamor Award for ‘The Most Innovative Use of CAD in Jewellery Design’ will…
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14 March
Glitzy Mayfair event for Tresor Paris watch launch
Tresor Paris last night held a snazzy event at Jack Barclay Bentley in Berkley Square, London, to launch Nouveau Hexagone, its new collection of watches. The venue, which is a Bentley showroom by day, was packed with celebrity guests including including rapper Professor Green, Uri Geller, Boyzone members Shane Lynch and…
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14 March
Hallmarking figures for 9ct gold rise more than 33%
Figures released today by the Birmingham Assay Office show that the number of 9ct gold items hallmarked across all four UK assay offices rose more than 33% in February, compared with the same period the previous year. After 9ct gold, the next best performing category was sterling silver, which is…
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14 March
ARCHIVE: An interview with acclaimed designer Theo Fennell
We caught up with London-based jewellery designer THEO FENNELL, whose flamboyant pieces caught the eye of one Elton John decades ago. Here, he ruminates on what it takes to be successful, and how the industry has changed. Give us a potted history of your career and how you got to where you…
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13 March
Time Products acquires Accurist watch brand
Time Products UK has announced it has purchased British watch brand, Accurist. The announcement was made by Marcus Margulies, a member of the family that owns Accurist, who explained that a merger between the two famous brands would be mutually beneficial for them. The combining of the two companies comes…
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12 March
Natural wonder range wins National Trust commission
A jewellery collection based on one of the natural wonders of the UK has been chosen by the National Trust to sell in its visitors centre. The collection, which was inspired by the world-famous natural rock formations of Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland, was designed by up-and-coming Nancy Rose Jewellery.…
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12 March
Record number of retailers register for CMJ Spring Trade Event
The Company of Master Jewellers (CMJ) has announced that record numbers of retailers have registered to attend its Spring Trade Event this weekend. “We are bracing ourselves for over 700 people to pass through the doors of the CMJ event over the course of the two days,” said the body’s…
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11 March
Three-month retail sales growth ‘in line’ at 2.8%, says BRC
The three-month average growth in retail sales to the end of February was 2.8 per cent, according to the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC). These figures mean the three-month period was in line with the 12-month trend, which now sits at 2.7 per cent growth. However, on…
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