Huddersfield
Coverage highlights jewellery trade and retail activity in a key Yorkshire town known for independent businesses, craftsmanship, and community-focused enterprise. Stories include store openings, brand developments, collaborations, and local market insights linking the area’s jewellers with the wider UK trade. Content explores how regional entrepreneurship, creativity, and investment contribute to the strength and diversity of the national jewellery industry.
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Mar- 2025 -5 MarchRetailers
Beaverbrooks to close seven of its stores
Beaverbrooks has announced the closing of seven of its stores as the group stated that they are “no longer commercially viable”. The stores located in Birmingham Fort, Croydon, Dundee, East Kilbride, High Wycombe, Huddersfield and Sutton Coldfield will cease operations across March and April. The jewellery group aims to retain…
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Dec- 2017 -6 DecemberCelebrities
Watchfinder gifts Rugby League player of the tournament with £4,500 Breitling Colt
Watchfinder – the pre-owned watch specialist and shirt sponsor of England Rugby League – has presented Jermaine McGillvary with a special prize after he was voted England’s player of the tournament at Rugby League World Cup 2017. McGillvary was gifted with a Breitling Colt worth over £4,500. The Huddersfield Giants…
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Mar- 2015 -30 MarchCrime
Three arrests after rooftop raid at Beaverbrooks in Huddersfield
Three men have been arrested following a roof-top raid at a Beaverbrooks store in Huddersfield town centre. The suspects are believed to have been caught following an operation which involved the West Yorkshire police helicopter. It is believed that police were called to the building at the corner of King…
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Dec- 2014 -23 DecemberCrime
Raiders steal £150,000 of watches from Huddersfield Beaverbrooks
Raiders have stolen almost £150,000 worth of designer watches from a Beaverbrooks in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The raid, which took place at 8pm on Sunday December 21, saw the burglars enter the store via the roof, before forcing their way through two locked doors and accessing a locked display cabinet…
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May- 2013 -30 MayDesigners
Jeweller Jessica Flinn receives royal seal of approval
Acclaimed Sheffield jewellery designer and manufacturer Jessica Flinn has been recognised as one of Yorkshire’s top young entrepreneurs by the Duke of York.
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Apr- 2012 -10 AprilRetailers
West Yorkshire jeweller to cycle 260 miles for charity
Richard Franklyn of Franklyns Jewellers and Goldsmiths Ltd in Halifax, West Yorkshire is taking part in a charity bike ride with Pedal for Pounds 3.
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