Birmingham
Birmingham has a rich heritage as a centre for jewellery manufacturing and trade, with its historic Jewellery Quarter still home to hundreds of workshops and businesses. For UK jewellers, wholesalers, and suppliers, the city remains a vital hub for production, design, and distribution. Jewellery Focus covers Birminghamโs role in the industry, from updates on local businesses and manufacturing trends to insights into policy developments and events shaping the trade. Our reporting helps professionals understand the cityโs continuing influence on the UK jewellery sector.
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Nov- 2012 -28 NovemberTrade Organisations
Birmingham City Council presented with hallmarkingโs Touchstone award for second time
Birmingham City Council was recently re-presented with the British Hallmarking Councilโs (BHC) award for Trading Standards, in respect of hallmarking.
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22 NovemberRetailers
Birminghamโs Bullion Room adds diamond wholesaler
The Bullion Room in Birmingham has added a new arm to its business activities by opening a specialist wholesale diamond and gemstone jewellery trade centre.
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16 NovemberTrade Organisations
Watchdog Daily follows hallmark trail to Birmingham Assay Office
The Watchdog Daily team recently ventured to the Birmingham Assay Office, with a cohort of Birmingham Trading Standards officers, to document the progress of seized, wrongly hallmarked goods.
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2 NovemberEvents
Domino teaches retailers the tricks to selling platinum
Retailers from throughout the country flocked to Dominoโs recent session on how to sell platinum products.
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Oct- 2012 -29 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Birmingham Assay Office in the running for two industry awards
The largest assay office in the world has been nominated for two British Jewellery Association Membership awards.
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24 OctoberNews
Chairman of worldโs largest hallmarking office steps down
The chairman of the Birmingham Assay Office has stepped down after serving two three-year terms.
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11 OctoberTrade Organisations
Plans submitted for new Birmingham Assay Office project
The Birmingham Assay Office has announced it has submitted a planning application to create a new bespoke building in the cityโs Jewellery Quarter.
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10 OctoberTrade Organisations
CMJ conference generosity benefits childrenโs cancer charity
Stratford-upon-Avon-based charity โCyclists Fighting Cancerโ was the beneficiary of an overwhelming display of generosity at the Company of Master Jewellersโ (CMJ) recent UK Jewellery Conference.
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Sep- 2012 -28 SeptemberTrade Organisations
CEO of Birmingham Assay Office completes 50 mile charity bike ride
Assay master Michael Allchin recently raised more than ยฃ4,000 for charity, undertaking a 50-mile sportive.
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Aug- 2012 -1 AugustRetailers
Birmingham jewellers celebrates 125 years
Alabaster & Wilson Ltd, founded in the same year that Queen Victoria celebrated her Golden Jubilee, is celebrating its 125th year in business.
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