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.
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Jan- 2013 -10 JanuaryEconomy
Assay Office figures show drop in hallmarking
Figures released by the Birmingham Assay Office have revealed that there has been a decline in hallmarking across the four UK assay offices.
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Nov- 2012 -28 NovemberTrade Organisations
Birmingham City Council presented with hallmarking’s Touchstone award for second time
Birmingham City Council was recently re-presented with the British Hallmarking Council’s (BHC) award for Trading Standards, in respect of hallmarking.
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16 NovemberTrade Organisations
Watchdog Daily follows hallmark trail to Birmingham Assay Office
The Watchdog Daily team recently ventured to the Birmingham Assay Office, with a cohort of Birmingham Trading Standards officers, to document the progress of seized, wrongly hallmarked goods.
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8 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Hallmarking figures for October show year-on-year rise
October’s hallmarking numbers showed a positive increase of 5.8 per cent in comparison to the same period in 2011.
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Oct- 2012 -24 OctoberNews
Chairman of world’s largest hallmarking office steps down
The chairman of the Birmingham Assay Office has stepped down after serving two three-year terms.
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24 OctoberEvents
CW Sellors’ Christmas Wishes event set to sparkle
CW Sellors’ Christmas Wishes fine jewellery and watch showcase returns to the luxurious Chatsworth House in Derbyshire next month.
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12 OctoberTrade Organisations
Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office hallmarked Olympic medals
The Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office has announced that it hallmarked the gold and silver medals presented to athletes during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.
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11 OctoberTrade Organisations
Plans submitted for new Birmingham Assay Office project
The Birmingham Assay Office has announced it has submitted a planning application to create a new bespoke building in the city’s Jewellery Quarter.
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Jul- 2012 -20 JulyTrade Organisations
Irish jewellers face penalties if they trade without a dealers’ notice
The Edinburgh Assay Office has seen an increase in demand from its UK customers to hallmark articles that normally fall below the UK exemption rates due to legislative changes in Ireland.
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11 JulyTrade Organisations
Goldsmiths’ Company gives awards at New Designers 2012
The Goldsmiths’ Company recently gave two awards at the annual showcase of Britain’s leading graduate designers, New Designers.
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