Derby

Aug- 2016 -

17 August

Jewellery firms named in Small Business Saturday’s ‘Small Biz 100’

Six small jewellery firms have been named among the 100 small businesses in the UK to be celebrated by Small Business Saturday. The businesses will be among those featured one per day for the 100 days leading up to the dedicated Small Business Saturday on 3 December. The jewellery companies…

Jun- 2015 -

15 June

Analysis

Michael Northcott

Do auctions reflect trends, or do they set them?

Auctions certainly re-invent trends, resurrecting past styles to the forefront of current taste, with a new inventive take on the past. Collectors have been fascinated with great auction sales since the disposal of the great art collection of Charles I by the Parliamentarians. The 18th Century saw a wave of…

Jul- 2013 -

18 July

Voice On The Highstreet

Michael Northcott

Voice On The Highstreet: Judith Hart of Judith Hart Jewellers, Derby

Can you please tell us a little bit about the history of Judith Hart Jewellers? Judith Hart Jewellers was established in 1980 in the Eagle Centre, Derby. At the time I was in my early 20s and set the business up with a loan guaranteed by my parents. I was…

Mar- 2013 -

8 March

Retailers

Jewellery Focus Staff

Retailer announces Derby County partnership

Identity the jewellers has proudly announced itself as the official time keeping partner of Derby Country Football Club.

Nov- 2012 -

28 November

Designers

Jewellery Focus Staff

Retailers “likey” Take Me Out effect on watches

Watch brand Ice-Watch’s sponsorship of television dating show Take Me Out has seen the its distributor, Peers Hardy (UK) Ltd, announce year-on-year increases for retailers since the sponsorship began.

Jan- 2012 -

18 January

Jewellery Focus Staff

Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair approaches

The third edition of the Antwerp Diamond Trade Fair (ADTF) opens its doors on 29 January 2012, where some 200 buyers have already secured their slots for the exclusive by-invitation-only diamond trade fair.

Sep- 2011 -

14 September

Jewellery Focus Staff

Refurbishment and second store for Identity the Jewellers

Derby’s Identity the Jewellers – featured as the voice on the high street in September’s Jewellery Focus – has completed a programme of expansion that has seen it acquire a second store in the city’s Westfield shopping centre. The independent jeweller has also refurbished its current shop, also located in…