Bespoke Jewellery
Bespoke jewellery is a growing segment of the UK market, driven by consumer demand for personalisation, unique design, and meaningful pieces that stand apart from mass-produced collections. For jewellers, designers, and manufacturers, offering bespoke services requires balancing creative craftsmanship with operational efficiency and client management. Jewellery Focus provides in-depth coverage of bespoke jewellery trends, business insights, technological innovations, and success stories, helping trade professionals capitalise on this high-value, customer-focused sector.
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Jul- 2025 -18 JulyRetailers
Hancocks Jewellers marks 165 years on Manchester’s King Street
Manchester jeweller Hancocks is marking its 165th anniversary, continuing to trade independently from its long-standing premises on King Street. The business was founded in 1860 by Josiah Hancock, initially offering a clock-winding service during the city’s cotton boom. It later moved from its first Piccadilly location to King Street, where…
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Jun- 2025 -30 JuneRetailers
Harriet Kelsall becomes employee-owned as it appoints new MD
Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery has announced that it has completed its transition to become an employee-owned business, whilst also announcing the appointment of a new managing director. Rebecca Howarth will take up the position, having become a Freeman of the Company of Goldsmiths earlier this year. She will officially take…
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17 JuneRetailers
Tiffany and Arsham unveils bronze vessel and HardWear necklace
Tiffany and Co. has unveiled a new collaboration with contemporary artist Daniel Arsham, comprising a limited-edition bronze sculpture and a bespoke jewellery piece. The Bronze Eroded Penny Vessel – a patinated bronze sculpture embedded with polished crystal – contains a reimagined version of the brand’s HardWear necklace. Only 39 of…
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Jan- 2025 -31 JanuaryRetailers
Jones Family Jewellers to open new Leamington store
The Jones Family Jewellers has announced the launch of its new store in Leamington. It comes as Jones Family Jewellers marked the first anniversary of its store at Talisman Shopping Centre in Kenilworth. Following its success, owner Richard Jones, said he is looking to open another store in Leamington to…
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Jul- 2024 -19 JulyRetailers
T.H. Baker acquires Case and Case jewellers
T.H. Baker, a family jeweller established in 1888, has announced the acquisition of Case and Case jewellers to its growing network of fine jewellery stores, expanding its presence to Wigan and Warrington. The news comes on the heels of the successful transition of Burrells stores into the T.H. Baker Family.…
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2 JulyRetailers
Fabergé and Gemfields launch new Malaika Egg
Fabergé has collaborated with Gemfields, the responsible miner and marketer of coloured gemstones, to create the Fabergé x Gemfields Malaika Egg. The new egg objet is being unveiled this July, the month of the ruby birthstone, with $100,000 from its sale to be donated to the Gemfields Foundation, to support…
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May- 2024 -3 MayRetailers
Oushaba expands its Connection Salvaged range
Oushaba has expanded its Connection Salvaged collection with the launch of nine new pieces. Connection Salvaged, the debut collection from Oushaba, explored the relationship between the “technology that connects us and the precious resources discarded as a result”. Each of the nine new pieces see recycled e-waste reimagined as wearable…
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Apr- 2024 -30 AprilRetailers
Opsydia appoints new sales and marketing director
Diamond and gemstone security and traceability specialist Opsydia has announced the appointment of Jacqui Larsson to the position of sales and marketing director, effective immediately. As a London Diamond Bourse council member and a fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A), Larsson brings to Opsydia nearly two decades…
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24 AprilRetailers
Bradley’s curates bespoke aquamarine ring for York Ice Trail winner
Independent jewellery business Bradley’s Jewellers York has curated an Art-Deco-inspired aquamarine ring following the announcement of the winners of its fifth annual York Ice Trail Competition. In February 2024, Debbie McGroarty from York entered the Bradley’s Jewellers online draw, held in conjunction with the annual York Ice Trail event, to…
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Feb- 2024 -21 FebruaryManufacturers
Vaughtons enters memorial jewellery market
Birmingham-based manufacturer, Vaughtons, has entered the memorial jewellery market with the launch of Phoenix by Vaughtons, which sells memorial jewellery with ashes encapsulated within vitreous enamel. This venture is the first direct-to-consumer business for the company, whose artisans will be creating a range of handmade memorial jewellery at its Well…
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