Edinburgh Assay Office
The Edinburgh Assay Office plays a crucial role in the UK jewellery industry, providing hallmarking services that guarantee the authenticity and quality of precious metals. Serving jewellers, manufacturers, and suppliers nationwide, it upholds rigorous standards while supporting innovation in design and production. Jewellery Focus covers the latest updates from the Edinburgh Assay Office, including regulatory developments, service enhancements, technology adoption, and industry partnerships. Our reporting also examines its role in compliance, consumer confidence, and the wider precious metals supply chain, offering essential insights for trade professionals.
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Feb- 2015 -17 FebruaryProduct Launches
Edinburgh Assay Office launches new pay-as-you-go service
The Edinburgh Assay Office (EAO) is hoping to “unlock international markets” for online jewellery retailer’s with a new pay-as-you-go hallmarking and fulfilment service for online retailers. The new service will combine hallmarking and fulfilment with final mile delivery, opening up UK and EU markets for companies importing precious metal jewellery…
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Jan- 2015 -12 JanuaryProduct Launches
New ‘sub-office’ in Heathrow for Edinburgh Assay Office
The Edinburgh Assay Office has launched a new, one-stop, secure, in-transit hallmarking and onward delivery service based at its new facility at Heathrow Airport. The Edinburgh Assay Office said that in “the global jewellery market, the challenge of complying with separate regulations in each EU location has made it difficult…
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Jan- 2013 -30 JanuaryTrade Organisations
Glasgow hallmark revived
Award-winning Scottish jeweller Eric Smith has won his campaign to revive Glasgow’s hallmark, 50 years after it was last struck.
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Jun- 2012 -11 JuneCurrent Affairs
Edinburgh Assay Office to launch online consumer assurance scheme
Edinburgh Assay Office will launch the jewellery industry's first consumer online assurance scheme –Assay Assured – on 12 June at the Jewellery Show in London.
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