2012 | Jewellery Focus

Aug- 2012 -

15 August

Current Affairs

Jewellery Focus Staff

Change in PAYE structure

From April 2013 the way employers report pay as you earn (PAYE) details to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will change.

15 August

Retailers

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Fatlip wholesale rebrands as Miss Milly

Miss Milly is the new name for the wholesale side of costume jewellery brand Fatlip.

14 August

Trade Organisations

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NAG to launch retail apprenticeship scheme

The National Association of Goldsmiths (NAG) is working with Skillsmart Retail to launch an apprenticeship scheme within the sector.

13 August

Manufacturers

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Holts launches new trade website

Hatton-Garden-based gemstone supplier Holts has launched a new ecommerce website specifically for the jewellery trade.

10 August

Retailers

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Green + Benz undergoes management buy-out

Independent contemporary retail jewellery specialist Green + Benz has been sold to a management buy-out team, led by the company’s incumbent managing director Helen Dimmick, for an undisclosed sum.

9 August

Trade Organisations

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BJA Diamond Jubilee brooch competition finalists announced

The British Jewellery Association (BJA) has selected six finalists for its Diamond Jubilee brooch competition.

8 August

Manufacturers

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ArtCAM helps re-create the Cheapside Hoard

A partnership between the Museum of London, Jewellery Industry Innovation Centre (JIIC) and Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) is using technology to investigate the greatest hoard of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery in the world – the Cheapside Hoard.

7 August

Economy

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UK retail sales ‘subdued’ in July

Despite better weather and the feel-good factor surrounding the start of the Olympic Games, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has reported that UK retail sales were subdued in July.

6 August

Manufacturers

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Argenta House decorated with Olympic-themed anti-racism murals

Ari D Norman Ltd’s Argenta House in London has become the setting of an Olympic Games inspired urban art project commemorating three Olympiads at which racial strife was highlighted.

3 August

Manufacturers

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Trollbeads launch ‘People’s Bead’ collection

Danish charm bead jewellery brand Trollbeads has introduced the first ever People’s Bead collection, created by members of the brand’s worldwide fan base.