Independent Jewellers
Independent jewellers are the backbone of the UK jewellery trade, offering unique designs, personalised service, and deep connections within their communities. As the retail landscape evolves, these businesses face both challenges and opportunities in areas like digital transformation, supply chain management, and shifting consumer expectations. Jewellery Focus provides comprehensive coverage tailored to independent jewellers, including business insights, market trends, regulatory updates, and success stories. Our reporting helps owners and managers navigate change, grow their businesses, and stay competitive in a dynamic industry.
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Jun- 2018 -27 JuneRetailers
Independent jewellers to benefit from new small business funding scheme
Small business minister Andrew Griffiths has unveiled a new £8m fund to boost the productivity and performance of small businesses in the UK. The ‘Business Basics Fund’ will help charities, trade organisations and public sector organisations support small businesses in adopting ‘tried and tested’ technologies and management techniques. Research from…
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8 JuneFeatures
What does the offshore hallmark mean for the jewellery industry?
“We were extremely happy when the British Hallmarking Council (BHC) finally, after a great deal of pushing and shoving from all sides, agreed that jewellery pieces hallmarked overseas should have a different mark to the ones we strike domestically,” says John Langford, director of Braybrook and Britten, triumphantly. For many…
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May- 2018 -25 MayProduct Launches
Diamnet trading platform officially launches following 12-month development
A new diamond trading platform has been launched by the former managing director of Chalfen of London, Howard Levine. The platform – designed for the wholesale market – aims to connect retailers with a wider number of dealers and manufacturers as well as helping them to sell more bridal jewellery…
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2 MayNews
RECRUITMENT: Goldstraw
Goldsmiths/Jewellery retail manager required for an independent, progressive and established business in the town of St Neots, Cambridgeshire Est 1981. We are not your typical independent jewellers due to our onsite goldsmith workshop. We have built up an established customer base since 1981 both locally and nationally, priding ourselves on…
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Mar- 2018 -7 MarchFeatures
A question of integrity
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has in recent years positioned itself as a leader for responsible business in the jewellery industry, but a piece of research published in February by the non-governmental human rights organisation, the Human Rights Watch (HRW), takes issue with the RJC’s governance, standards, and certification systems.…
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Feb- 2018 -8 FebruaryCelebrities
Jeremy France raises over £10k for charity
Independent jewellers Jeremy France have raised over £10,000 for the charity, The Murray Parish Trust. Since October 2016, the retailer has been taking charitable donations for all jewellery polishing, alongside holding in-store events in order to raise the funds. Some of the 25-strong team located in Winchester also scaled Mount…
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Dec- 2017 -22 DecemberNews
Men from Liverpool ‘most generous’ jewellery gift-givers
Men from Liverpool are spend more on jewellery gifts than men in any other part of the UK, according to a new survey. A poll of 28,000 customers of online jewellery marketplace Jewelstreet found that Liverpudlian lads spend an average of £330.20 on a jewellery gift. Men from London came…
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20 DecemberDesigners
Design-Nation to showcase designers at Top Drawer Spring 2018
Design-Nation, the UK’s membership portfolio for contemporary craft and design will return to Top Drawer Spring in January 2018. It will showcase 10 talented designer-makers including independent jewellers Amy Leigh and Trevor Forrester. Clare Edwards, director of Design-Nation said: “After the recent successful merger of Design-Nation and Design Factory, exhibiting…
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14 DecemberBrand Profiles
Bringing back independence – the Mark Lloyd store
Goldsmith Mark Lloyd FIPG made a statement when he transformed a jewellery store with a 140-year history into an establishment he believed the jewellery industry craved. He sits down with SHEKINA TUAHENE to explain the reasoning behind the store’s re-branding. Master goldsmith Mark Lloyd took a risk when he acquired…
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Mar- 2017 -31 MarchRetailers
Independent jewellers to close after 70 years in business
Family-owned Revills Jewellers of Spalding, in Lincolnshire, will shut its doors at the end of July after 70 years in business. The store was first opened by Roy Revill on Francis Street before moving to its current location on Market Place, but current managing director Nick Revill told local paper…
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