Year: 2017

Upcoming jewellers recognised at New Designers Awards

Budding designers were given recognition at the first part of the New Designers Awards on 28 June. At a ceremony presented by British ceramicist Keith Brymer Jones awarded industry newcomers with their accolades. Silversmith Andrew Fleming, from the Glasgow School of Art, was given the New Designers Goldsmiths’ Company Silversmithing…

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Jeweller Elizabeth Gage honoured with MBE

British jeweller Elizabeth Gage has been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List to receive an MBE. The Master Goldsmith has been creating jewellery for over 50 years and works with 18 and 22-carat gold. Her designs are inspired by different cultures, histories and nature and have become worldwide collectibles.…

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Mappin and Webb at Gleneagles Hotel raided by armed robbers

Armed robbers targeted the Mappin and Webb jewellery boutique at the five-star Gleneagles Hotel this week. Four men, who wore dark clothing and covered their faces, raided the store at 11am on Tuesday (27 June), and were seen by witnesses driving a later abandoned blue Audi. Three of the men…

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TH March ‘diamond girls’ go on charity Midnight March

Some 17 women from jewellery trade specialist insurance brokers, TH March, will be taking part in a midnight march for charity. The march will take place this Saturday (1 July) to help raise funds for St Luke’s Hospice in Plymouth. The ladies have been preparing with healthy lunches, regular walks…

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Leatherman releases world-first multi tool bracelet

Leatherman’s multi-tool bracelet, the Tread, has been exclusively released in the UK by distributors Whitby and Co. In what the firm claims is a world-first, the bracelet serves as a wearable multi-tool piece of equipment. In a hope to capitalise on the upcoming wedding season, the Leatherman Tread is being…

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Hatton Garden watch dealer jailed for selling over 100 stolen watches

CLARIFICATION: When this article was first published, the featured image showed the premises of 88-90 Hatton Garden, which may have given the impression that businesses occupying this building were involved in the story. We would like to clarify that no business visible in the original image was involved in the…

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Two arrested after £1m armed robbery at Bristol jewellers

Two men have been arrested in connection to an armed jewellery raid where £1m worth of goods were stolen. Grey-Harris and Co in the Clifton area of Bristol, was hit by a daytime smash-and-grab when four men on two motorcycles used axes and sledgehammers to break the windows of the…

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Guild of Jewellery Designers teams up with British Craft Trade Fair

The Guild of Jewellery Designers (GoFD) has announced its partnership with the British Craft Trade Fair (BCTF). The GoJD is a collaboration of British jewellery designers and artisans offering support and networking opportunities within its membership base as a non-profit making organisation. Initial subscription to the guild is free with…

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Cheap necklaces found to contain toxic metals

Some low cost necklace jewellery was found to have excessive levels of lead, cadmium or nickel release, according to a new survey. The study, carried out by London Trading Standards on low cost necklace jewellery found that in the worst cases parts containing 82% lead and 56% cadmium were found.…

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Samer Halimeh NY to launch world’s first ‘superyacht shops’

Diamond jeweller Samer Halimeh is set to launch ‘Bond Street on the sea’ shops in partnership with SSH Maritime superyachts. The new retail concept of summer boutiques will take place on four SSH Maritime superyachts – Chakra, Serenity, Grand Ocean and Omega. The jeweller has set up pop-up shops in…

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