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Hallmarking

Hallmarking is a cornerstone of the UK jewellery trade, ensuring the authenticity and quality of precious metal items through independent verification. For jewellers, manufacturers, and suppliers, staying up to date with hallmarking legislation, standards, and practices is essential to maintaining compliance and consumer trust. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage on hallmarking, including updates from the UK’s assay offices, regulatory changes, innovations in testing, and insights into the role hallmarking plays in supporting the trade.

Hallmarking

Hallmarking is a cornerstone of the UK jewellery trade, ensuring the authenticity and quality of precious metal items through independent verification. For jewellers, manufacturers, and suppliers, staying up to date with hallmarking legislation, standards, and practices is essential to maintaining compliance and consumer trust. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage on hallmarking, including updates from the UK’s assay offices, regulatory changes, innovations in testing, and insights into the role hallmarking plays in supporting the trade.

Gold sales increase by a fifth at UK Royal Mint

The UK Royal Mint’s gold sales have jumped by 20% in the first three months of the year,…

Hallmarking figures plummet in February

The total number of hallmarked items plummeted 24.8% in February, a decrease of 189,700…

Gold drags down January hallmarking figures

Gold hallmarking has continued to fall at the start of 2017, dragging down overall…

First glimpse of Grand National trophy after hallmarking

The first glimpse of this year’s Grand National trophy has been released after the…

Hallmarking falls sharply in December amid weak full-year results

The total number of hallmarked items nose-dived in December by 15.7%, a decrease of 145,007…

Hallmarking falls 4.6% in November

The total number of hallmarked items fell 4.6% in November, a decrease of 57,075 pieces when…

Stay insured whatever the weather

Retail jewellers are arguably the businesses most vulnerable to break-ins and theft anywhere…

Gold pieces slump 20.6% in bleak October hallmarking results

The number of gold items hallmarked fell 20.6% to 489,924 articles – from 617,421 in…

Make Your Mark: The winners

Following the Make Your Mark Awards hosted at the Goldsmiths’ Hall last week (1 November),…

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,…
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