Hallmarking

Applications open for inaugural Make Your Mark Awards

Applications are now open for the Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office inaugural ‘Make Your Mark’ Awards. The new design competition, which…

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UK Jewellers launch parliamentary petition to restrict offshore UK hallmarks

A group of UK silversmiths and jewellers have launched a campaign to restrict the use of distinctive traditional UK hallmarks,…

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Hallmarking slumps 11.8% in July

The total number of hallmarked items dropped 11.8% in July, a decrease of 92,333 pieces when compared with the same…

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Gold continues to perform well as overall hallmarking figures fall in May

Gold jewellery continued to perform well in May as overall hallmarking figures fell 7.2% when compared with the same month…

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NAJ plans ‘Made in Britain’ mark to boost jewellery sales

The National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) is considering plans to launch a ‘Made in Britain’ mark in a bid to…

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9-carat gold soars 15.8% as overall hallmarking figures fall

The number of 9-carat items hallmarked in April jumped 15.8%, despite an overall decline in hallmarking figures. The latest data…

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9-carat rockets 16.4% in upbeat March hallmarking figures

The total number of hallmarked items grew 5.4% in March, boosted by an 8.2% jump in the number of gold…

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Why it’s important to be a boffin

So how is the industry holding up so far this year? A salient question, but a hard one to answer…

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Hallmarking edges up in February as number of gold articles jump

The total number of hallmarked items rose by 0.8% in February, an increase of 5,970 articles compared with February 2015.…

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Hallmarking down 9.1% in January

The total number of hallmarked items fell 9.1% in January, a decrease of 67,252 articles when compared with January 2015.…

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