Cooksongold
Cooksongold is a leading supplier of precious metals, tools, and jewellery-making equipment, serving manufacturers, designers, and retailers across the UK. As a key player in the jewellery supply chain, its products and services support everything from bespoke design to large-scale production. Jewellery Focus covers the latest news, product launches, service updates, and industry initiatives from Cooksongold, along with insights into how its offerings influence design trends, production efficiency, and commercial success. Our reporting also examines the company’s role in sustainability, innovation, and supporting the UK’s jewellery-making community.
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Nov- 2016 -7 NovemberAnalysis
Make Your Mark: The winners
Following the Make Your Mark Awards hosted at the Goldsmiths’ Hall last week (1 November), we take a look at the young designers who won the awards. [divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Silversmithing category winner: Annabel Hood Annabel Hood has won the chance to have her ‘London’s Leopard’ design made in…
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7 NovemberEvents
Make Your Mark winners announced
The winners of the inaugural Make Your Mark Awards were announced at a reception held at Goldsmiths’ Hall last week (1 November). The awards, which aimed to celebrate the hallmark and challenge entrants to use creativity in where it is placed on their design, featured six judges who assessed the…
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Oct- 2016 -19 OctoberTrade Organisations
Goldsmiths’ Company issues final call for Make Your Mark entries
The deadline for the inaugural Make Your Mark Awards is at 5pm on Friday 21st October 2016, the Goldsmiths’ Company has announced. Judges will be looking for the best design of a precious metal piece incorporating a UK hallmark within the design, and says the spirit of the awards is…
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4 OctoberEvents
NAJ unveils awards shortlist
The National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) has unveiled the shortlist for its annual awards, which celebrate the contribution of itsmembers to the jewellery industry. New to awards this year is the category ‘Workshop Employee of the Year’, which aims to recognise the importance of specialist skills in the industry and…
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Sep- 2016 -20 SeptemberAppointments
Cooksongold announced new managing director
Cooksongold has announced the appointment of Martin Bach as its new managing director. Bach will be working alongside Richard Oldroyd until the end of the year, when Oldroyd will retire. Bach will then assume responsibility from 1 January 2017. He joins the role with vast management experience in automotive and engineering…
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Mar- 2016 -15 MarchEvents
Cooksongold to debut first platinum jewellery printing powder
Cooksongold has announced it will debut its 950Pt/Ru advanced metal powder at Baselworld – which will produce the world’s first 3D-printed platinum jewellery. The 950Pt/Ru powder, which will be launched in collaboration with the Platinum Guild International (PGI), has been designed to use with the company’s direct precious metal 3D…
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Dec- 2015 -23 DecemberAnalysis
RIDING HIGH: Will the gold price ever return to its pre-recession levels?
This year has been defined by a sense that we have finally escaped the clutches of recession. But with China’s growth slowing dramatically and stock markets gripped by panic in recent weeks, some are suggesting we’re on the verge of another, much worse, crash. MICHAEL NORTHCOTT explores where we currently…
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7 DecemberTrade Organisations
Inaugural NAJ Awards incorporated in Benevolent Society Ball
The 80th British Jewellery Giftware & Finishing Federation Benevolent Society Ball, incorporating the NAJ Awards, took place in Solihull on December 3. This year’s event incorporated very first National Association of Jewellers Member Awards, designed to “flag up all that is most excellent about the UK’s extremely diverse jewellery industry”. The NAJ…
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Jun- 2015 -8 JuneOpinion
SOAPBOX: Here’s what CAD/CAM has already done to the jewellery industry
In recent issues of Jewellery Focus, several questions have been asked about whether people think CAD will change the jewellery industry, and what it will do to jewellers’ jobs. JACK MEYER from Holts Academy offers some reflections. Given how fast 3D printing and jewellery CAD technology have been changing since these questions…
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May- 2015 -12 MayAnalysis
FEATURE: Focus on – Casting
There have been great technological changes in the casting industry in recent years. After the latest announcement of 3D printing jewellery by Argos, and the introduction of laser-sintering machines that ‘print’ jewellery directly in precious metal, TOM DAVIS looks at where the industry is heading In recent years the casting…
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