Hatton Garden
Hatton Garden is the historic heart of London’s jewellery trade, home to a thriving community of workshops, retailers, and wholesalers. For UK jewellery professionals, it remains a vital hub for manufacturing, repairs, bespoke design, and gemstone trading. Jewellery Focus provides comprehensive coverage of Hatton Garden, including business updates, property developments, market trends, and insights into the area’s ongoing role in supporting the UK jewellery supply chain and independent trade.
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Jan- 2018 -31 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
Hatton Garden jewellery raiders ordered to pay £27.5m
The four men who led the Hatton Garden raid have been ordered to pay £27.5m or face another seven years in prison. The gang drilled a hole in the wall of a vault at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit in Easter 2015. The raid was labelled as the “largest burglary in…
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Dec- 2017 -14 DecemberFeatures
Voice on the High Street – Lanes Jewellery
Name: Lanes Jewellery Location: Holt, Norfolk Year established: 1981 Number of staff: 5 Website: www.lanes.co.uk What is the history of the company? I was at art college studying graphic design and photography and found my career path by chance; in my late fathers shop I met a customer – Robert…
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Nov- 2017 -22 NovemberDesigners
Sacet launches ‘choose what you pay’ Black Friday sale
Ethical jewellery brand Sacet will be introducing a unique Black Friday initiative, A Fair Deal for All, allowing its customers to choose what they pay for its collections. From 24 to 27 November Sacet will be hosting its ‘Choose What You Pay’ sale. The company will put a price slider…
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Oct- 2017 -18 OctoberCrime
Stonehawk launches smash-and-grab defence training with Hatton Garden jeweller
StoneHawk has completed its inaugural smash-and-grab training session following its launch last month. The security training company which is specifically tailored to the jewellery, watch, pawnbroking, Asian gold and high end retail sectors, was established by Simon Wilson, who has previously served with the Metropolitan Police. The smash-and-grab training is…
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Sep- 2017 -15 SeptemberDesigners
‘Top prizes’ secured for this year’s Make Your Mark Awards
This year’s winners of this year’s Make Your Mark Awards are set to receive ‘top prizes’ donated from different companies in the jewellery and silversmithing industry. Prizes secured to date include a coaching session with jewellery house Garrard, which will include a tour of its historic London workshop. Also, jewellery…
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Aug- 2017 -11 AugustCurrent Affairs
Marcia Lanyon announces retirement
Marcia Lanyon has announced her retirement and the winding down of her eponymous gem-dealing company 42 years after its establishment. With a career which began in London’s Hatton Garden, Lanyon worked for the gemstone dealer George Lindley Ltd and was responsible for stock and grading gemstones. In the evenings she…
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Jul- 2017 -18 JulyEvents
Hatton Garden to host two-day summer festival open to public
Summer 2017 sees the Hatton Garden BID host a public event celebrating all things bridal on July 21. The Hatton Garden Festival will consists of two days packed with entertainment, competitions, talks, workshops and the big ‘Diamond Hunt’ – perfect for those who are thinking of popping the big question or…
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Jun- 2017 -28 JuneCrime
Hatton Garden watch dealer jailed for selling over 100 stolen watches
CLARIFICATION: When this article was first published, the featured image showed the premises of 88-90 Hatton Garden, which may have given the impression that businesses occupying this building were involved in the story. We would like to clarify that no business visible in the original image was involved in the…
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Mar- 2017 -30 MarchTrade Organisations
T H March and National Association of Jewellers form new club
Jewellery trade insurance firm T H March and the National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) have teamed up to launch a brand new ‘club’. In a continuation of the two companies 111 year relationship, the two establishments unveiled another club which it hopes will offer its members a wide range of…
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Feb- 2017 -17 FebruaryCrime
Hatton Garden raider admits previous £1m jewellery heist
One of the ringleaders in the notorious Hatton Garden heist has admitted a raid at a high-end London jewellers five years earlier. Daniel Jones, 59, is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for his part in the Easter bank holiday weekend raid in April 2015, which saw a gang ransack…
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