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Birmingham Assay Office

The Birmingham Assay Office is a cornerstone of the UK jewellery trade, providing hallmarking, testing, and certification services that ensure the quality and integrity of precious metal goods. For jewellers, manufacturers, and suppliers, staying informed about its developments is essential to maintaining compliance and understanding industry standards. Jewellery Focus offers in-depth coverage on the Birmingham Assay Office, including regulatory updates, innovations in testing and hallmarking, and its role in supporting the jewellery sector’s operational and ethical standards.

Birmingham Assay Office

The Birmingham Assay Office is a cornerstone of the UK jewellery trade, providing hallmarking, testing, and certification services that ensure the quality and integrity of precious metal goods. For jewellers, manufacturers, and suppliers, staying informed about its developments is essential to maintaining compliance and understanding industry standards. Jewellery Focus offers in-depth coverage on the Birmingham Assay Office, including regulatory updates, innovations in testing and hallmarking, and its role in supporting the jewellery sector’s operational and ethical standards.

New Birmingham Assay Office building starting to take shape

The construction of the new assay office building in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter is…

Don’t argue with the data…just wait for your slice

It is beginning to feel more like a job as a leader-writer for the Financial Times than a…

Upward hallmarking trajectory continues in August

The positive trend for UK hallmarking figures continued in August, according to the latest…

Birmingham Assay Office receives £70,900 grant

The Birmingham Assay Office (BAO) has received a grant of £70,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund. 

July hallmarking rises 9.4%, gold carries poor performers

July 2014 showed a continued growth trajectory in gold hallmarking figures, with 9ct gold…

14ct gold surges 60% in June hallmarking figures

Rising hallmarking figures showed no signs of slowing in June with the four UK assay offices…

April hallmarking figures up by a fifth, 9ct gold up almost 50%

Figures released by The Birmingham Assay Office have revealed that the total number of…

Birmingham jeweller fined £25,000 for breach of Hallmarking Act

A Birmingham jeweller was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment earlier this week,…

Ground broken on new Birmingham Assay Office site

Birmingham Assay Office bosses joined members of their building project team to begin work…

FEATURE: The End of the Gold Rush

The gold price has stabilised, and the slump in gold hallmarking has bottomed out. And now…
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