Year: 2019

Jewellery-tech start-up exceeds £400k crowdfunding target

MarketOrders, a B2B marketplace for the gold and diamond jewellery industries, has announced it has overfunded on Crowdcube.com, raising a total of £448,420 from 214 investors. The start-up plans to use the funding to officially launch its platform, which will use innovative blockchain technology to make the jewellery buying process…

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Net-A-Porter launches ‘invite only’ high jewellery platform

Net-A-Porter has launched Eip Privé, an invitation-only digital destination that aims to bring the experience of the private jewellery salon to the digital realm with sought-after high jewellery and watch exclusives. Bringing the experience of the private jewellery salon to the digital realm, the private and personalised online space will…

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60 Second Interview: Hiten Shah – director of Diamond Heaven

Q1) Describe yourself in three words.  Motivated, hardworking and focused. Q2) How did you get to be where you are today? Through hard work and determination. I started up on eBay in 2004 when I saw a gap in the market to provide high-quality jewellery to people at the right…

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Winners announced for Emerging Designer Competition

Jacobs the Jewellers and the Bishopsland Educational Trust, together with sponsors the Goldsmiths’ Centre and HS Walsh, have announced the winners of the fifth edition of the annual Emerging Designer Competition. The three-week long competition closed on 28 June, with the winners announced and a demonstration at Reading-based Jacobs the…

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Bucherer reopens flagship One Hyde Park boutique

Bucherer 1888 and Rolex have unveiled their newly refurbished flagship boutique in Knightsbridge, London. The store, located in the luxury residential and retail complex at One Hyde Park, went through a 12-week redesign led by the Rolex Interior Design department in Geneva in partnership with Bucherer local UK teams. The…

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Birmingham School of Jewellery wins double-award at New Designers 2019

Staff and students at Birmingham City University’s School of Jewellery are celebrating after winning two prizes at the New Designers, an annual two-week exhibition celebrating the work of more than 3,000 new creative designers. The School of Jewellery was awarded the ‘Best Stand’ prize, whilst student Lorna McNaught received an…

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Boris Johnson reveals plan to rescue high street

Boris Johnson has pledged to “save the Great British high street” after unveiling a series of measures he will implement if he is elected as the leader of the Conservative party. The Tory leadership front-runner said he would implement a three-step plan that includes making it easier for shoppers to…

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UK consumer confidence slips in June

Market research company GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index has showed that confidence among consumers in the UK has decreased by three points to -13 in June. The measure for the general economic situation of the country during the last 12 months decreased month to -32 during the month, four points…

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Reservoir unveils Battlefield D-Day watch

Watch brand Reservoir unveiled its new  Battlefield D-Day watch, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy. The new timepiece, described by Reservoir as a “unified symbol of conquest, freedom and automotive engineering”, pays tribute to the Jeep and its crucial role in the…

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Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office to hold Jewellery Congress this July

The Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office will be holding an international conference on the 8-9 July 2019, at Goldsmiths’ Hall. Called ‘The Jewellery Materials Congress’, it will support the jewellery and silverware community by providing a “collaborative, non-commercial forum” to share knowledge and foster technological and operational innovation in materials development.…

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