Bristol
Bristol is a vibrant and evolving centre for the UK jewellery trade, blending independent designer workshops, artisanmakers, boutique retailers, and regional events such as jewellery fairs and creative pop-ups. With a strong local creative community and strategic connectivity to the South West, Bristol offers unique opportunities for experiential retail, collaborative sourcing, and consumer engagement. JewelleryโฏFocus delivers trade-focused coverage of Bristolโs jewellery landscapeโfrom new store openings and studio expansions to maker collectives, training initiatives, market trends, and regional performance metrics. Our reporting equips retailers, designers, manufacturers, and suppliers with actionable insights on grassroots growth, location strategy, creative partnerships, and commercial positioning within Bristolโs flourishing jewellery ecosystem.
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Aug- 2018 -21 AugustFeatures
The YouTube Jewellers
Name: Daryl Adams Company: Adams Handcrafted Jewelry Website: www.adamshandcraftedjewelry.com Established: ย November 2014 Location: Fort Worth, Texas USA Did you do any other form of training? No formal training other than one wire weaving class when I first began by a well-known wire weaving artist. What the easiest thing about this…
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Feb- 2018 -16 FebruaryDesigners
Goldsmiths partners with TAG Heuer for one of a kind design
Luxury high street jeweller Goldsmiths has joined forces with Swiss watch brand TAG Heuer to design a unique watch limited to only 250 units. The โExclusive for Goldsmithsโ TAG Heuer Aquaracer will go on on sale at ยฃ1,900, and the design is a product of the first exclusive collaboration between…
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Dec- 2017 -22 DecemberNews
Men from Liverpool โmost generousโ jewellery gift-givers
Men from Liverpool are spend more on jewellery gifts than men in any other part of the UK, according to a new survey. A poll of 28,000 customers of online jewellery marketplace Jewelstreet found that Liverpudlian lads spend an average of ยฃ330.20 on a jewellery gift. Men from London came…
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Jul- 2017 -17 JulyProduct Launches
Watchshop.com takes on Aviator watch brand
Jewellery and watch retailer Watchshop.com has recently added Swiss brand Aviator to its portfolio. The watch brand pays tribute to the spirit of aviation through its collections and recently unveiled two new additions to its watch range at BaselWorld 2017: the MiG-29 and Airacobra. These will join the brandโs existing…
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Jun- 2017 -27 JuneCrime
Two arrested after ยฃ1m armed robbery at Bristol jewellers
Two men have been arrested in connection to an armed jewellery raid where ยฃ1m worth of goods were stolen. Grey-Harris and Co in the Clifton area of Bristol, was hit by a daytime smash-and-grab when four men on two motorcycles used axes and sledgehammers to break the windows of the…
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Jun- 2016 -13 JuneCrime
Five jailed over ยฃ7m Monopoly money scam on jewellery stores
A gang of conmen who used Monopoly money to trick jewellery store owners as part of a ยฃ7m scam have been sent to jail for a combined total of 22 years. The sentencing follows an investigation into organised frauds, including an elaborate fraud in Bristol where a jeweller lost ยฃ420,000…
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1 JuneCurrent Affairs
Swimwear model jailed for murder of Bristol jeweller
An ex-swimwear model has been jailed for 15 years for murdering her ex-boyfriend – a millionaire and jewellery store owner – in Spain. Mayka Kukucova shot Andrew Bush three times in 2014 at his Spanish villa near Marbella on the Costa del Sol after arriving with his Russian girlfriend Maria…
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Dec- 2015 -18 DecemberEvents
SPONSORED: Top Drawer fashion jewellery exhibitors
Listed below is a selection of jewellery exhibitors at the upcoming Top Drawer exhibition which will take place between 17 and 19 January next year, compiled by the organiser of the event – Clarion Events. [divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Industrial Jewellery Fashion | Stand: 528 ย Sector: Fashion Product Categories:…
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Feb- 2015 -4 FebruaryRetailers
F Hinds celebrates the opening of three stores in just one day
Family jewellers F Hinds has announced that it opened three stores in just one day โ located in Stockport, Walsall and Bristol. The stores, which were officially opened on Sunday February 1, involved a 500 mile round trip, three Lord Mayors and 40 feet of red ribbon. The first to…
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Nov- 2014 -20 NovemberRetailers
F Hinds opens Bristol city centre store after 50-year absence
After an absence of 50 years, Britainโs largest family jeweller F Hinds has returned to the city centre of Bristol with the opening of its 112th store.ย The store, which is located in the Galleries Shopping Centre, features five large, bright, environmentally-friendly window displays which will showcase the retailerโs range…
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