Berkshire

GIA board of governors welcomes two new members

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has announced the addition of two new members – Lisa Bridge, president and CEO of Ben Bridge Jeweller and Dr. Wendy Bohrson, professor of geology at the Colorado School of Mines at its recent meeting.  As president and CEO of Ben Bridge Jeweller, a…

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Beaverbrooks invests £1.6m in Bracknell store refurb

Family-owned national diamond, jewellery and watch retailer Beaverbrooks has made a £1.6m investment in the complete refurbishment and expansion of its Bracknell store, doubling its size and elevating it as a destination for luxury and Swiss watches. Following the investment, the newly refitted store, located on The Avenue, reopened on…

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Embracing supply chain traceability

The jewellery sector has traditionally been an old-fashioned industry with few tech innovations. A large amount of purchases involving high-value products are typically done in person with established and trusted relationships. But this appears to be changing, slowly but surely. The industry is embracing new technology advances such as blockchain.…

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Jacobs the Jewellers announces 70th anniversary celebrations

Jacobs the Jewellers officially revealed its 2018 70th anniversary celebrations, ‘Seventy for Seventy’, at its Christmas Showcase in front of over 200 customers on Wednesday 15 November. The Jacobs’ 2018 program centres around the goal of raising £70,000 for the Royal Berkshire Hospital Charity, specifically the Berkshire Cancer Centre, in…

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Jacobs the Jewellers wins Pride of Reading award

Jacobs the Jewellers has won the ‘Pride of Reading’ award at a gala ceremony hosted by local born Chris Tarrant on Friday 3 November. The business scooped the 2017 ‘Business in Action’ Award for Reading businesses with fewer than 50 employees. The award is in recognition of the outstanding contribution…

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Minute and Azimut add three retailers to network

Clerkenwell-based watch brand Minute and Azimut has added three new retailers to its network. First Class Watches, London Time and KJ Beckett have agreed terms to stock the luxury British watch brand as part of its curated watch collections. The retailers will be featuring the brand’s first ever watch collection,…

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Minute and Azimut to feature at London Fashion Week Men’s

British watch brand Minute and Azimut will showcase their pieces at this year’s London Fashion Week Men’s. The upcoming brand will feature their Bisham range at the event, which come with a choice of alligator, calfskin and lizard straps. The Bisham watch is named after Bisham Woods in Berkshire and…

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Have-a-go hero injured trying to stop armed robbers in jewellery store raid

A man has been injured after bystanders helped foil an armed robbery at a jewellery shop in Windsor, Berkshire. The raid took place at around 10am yesterday (Thursday, 8 September), when four men attempted to enter Robert Gatwood Jewellers in King Edward Court shopping centre by smashing windows with a…

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Jacobs the Jewellers launches 2016 young designer award

Jacobs the Jewellers has launched the second year of its Reading-based young jewellery designer competition. The competition, which is held in association with the Bishopsland Educational Trust, HS Walsh and the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, has been launched after the success of its inaugural contest last year. Four young jewellery…

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Jacobs the Jewellers named UK’s ‘best jewellery retailer’

Jacobs the Jewellers in Reading has been named the UK’s ‘Retailer of the Year’ at the first-ever National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) awards. Jacobs, which won the award at the 80th Benevolent Society Ball held in Solihull on 3 December, was selected from a shortlist of five companies through a…

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