Hampshire
Coverage highlights jewellery trade and retail activity across a southern region known for independent craftsmanship, design talent, and business innovation. Stories include store openings, regional collaborations, brand developments, and partnerships connecting local jewellers with national and international markets. Content explores how creativity, investment, and community enterprise within the area contribute to the strength and growth of the wider UK jewellery industry.
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Aug- 2025 -13 AugustDesigners
Claudia Bradby celebrates 25th anniversary with new piece
Claudia Bradby is set to launch a new mantra range that builds on her the world is your oyster designs in celebration of the company’s 25th anniversary. Available from 24 September, the new Glimmers design is double-sided, and offers a touchstone necklace and bracelet delivering the “signature cool-girl charm the…
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Jul- 2022 -14 JulyRetailers
Charles Nobel eyes expansion as it celebrates 50th anniversary
Family-owned and run jewellery business, Charles Nobel is celebrating its 50th anniversary, and has said it is focusing on enhancing its range of diamond jewellery for the future. The New Milton business was founded in 1972 by Keith and Jenny Bollard, with the couple moving from the North of England…
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Oct- 2018 -16 OctoberVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the Highstreet: Petra Jewellery
NAME: Mitch Lloyd, Petra Jewellery LOCATION: Hampshire YEARS ESTABLISHED: 35 NUMBER OF STAFF: Six WEBSITE: www.petrajewellery.com Tell us about Petra Jewellery? My mother set up the business in 1979 at the Viables Craft Centre in Basingstoke with just her apprenticeship pieces and a £500 loan from her own mother to…
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Dec- 2017 -22 DecemberFeatures
Voice on the High Street – Annie Haak
NAME: Annie Haak Designs LOCATION: Petersfield, Hampshire YEAR ESTABLISHED: 2009 NUMBER OF STAFF: 16-20 WEBSITE: www.anniehaakdesigns.co.uk When was Annie Haak founded? Annie Haak was founded in 2009 when Annie’s husband Johnny was involved in a motorcycling accident on the tropical island of Bali. Annie flew out to Bali to…
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Sep- 2017 -19 SeptemberRetailers
Luxury jewellery Laings opens £1m flagship store
Joe Walsh, the CEO of Laings, independent luxury jeweller and Scotland’s oldest family jeweller, opened a new £1m store in Southampton last week (Friday 15 September). The new store is located in the city’s Westquay Shopping Centre on Harbour Parade. The new flagship showroom replaces the former Parkhouse store on…
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Jun- 2017 -9 JuneDesigners
Jeweller Claudia Bradby adds Justice to its stockists
Jeweller Claudia Bradby has signed a contract with Winchester-based retailer Justice. The Hampshire-based pearl specialist joins fellow jewellery designers Stephen Webster and Shaun Leane. Bradby said: “We are thrilled to be stocked in our home city by such an established and well respected retailer. Justice will be a key stockist…
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May- 2016 -6 MayCrime
Jewellery store manager recalls moment she chased off knife-wielding raiders
The manager of a jewellery store in Hampshire chased off two armed robbers after they tried to smash their way into the open store. The attempted smash-and grab took place at 10:50am on Wednesday, 27 April, at David Mellor Jewellers in Andover, when the two offenders approached the store on…
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Apr- 2016 -21 AprilCrime
Police appeal after failed robbery at Hampshire jewellers
Police are appealing for information after a failed robbery at a jewellery store in Lymington, Hampshire. At around 12:55pm on Tuesday, 19 April, a man stopped outside Barry Papworth Jewellers on St Thomas Street, on a bicycle. He used a mallet to strike a glass panel in an attempt to…
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18 AprilCrime
Three charged following armed robbery at Winchester jewellers
Three men have been arrested and charged following an armed robbery at a jewellers in Winchester on Friday 15 April. Police were called to the incident shortly after 9am at Justice Jewellers in Parchment Street, after two men wearing motorcycle helmets entered the store armed with an imitation firearm. The…
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8 AprilCrime
Basingstoke jewellers hit by thieves
Police are appealing for information following a “high value” burglary at a jewellers in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Officers were called to Festival Place shopping centre just after 2:30am on Thursday 7 April to reports of a burglary at the recently refurbished Beaverbrooks The Jewellers store. Thieves smashed the doors at the…
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