Insurance
Insurance is a critical consideration for the UK jewellery trade, covering everything from stock and premises protection to customer policies for high-value purchases. For retailers, manufacturers, and wholesalers, navigating insurance options and understanding risk management is essential to safeguard business operations and maintain consumer trust.
Jewellery Focus delivers comprehensive coverage on insurance matters affecting the industry, including regulatory updates, market trends in jewellery-specific policies, and insights from providers serving the trade. We also report on best practices and innovations helping businesses mitigate risk in a rapidly evolving market.
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Jun- 2023 -20 JuneE-Commerce
Jewellers Mutual expands its Zing Marketplace services
Jewellers Mutual Group, the insurance and business solutions provider dedicated to the jewellery industry since 1913, has expanded its Zing Marketplace by adding lab grown diamond shopping and a luxury jewellery photography service called Studio. Registered jewellers of Zing Marketplace have access to these services as well as an entire…
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5 JuneRetailers
F.Hinds unveils refurbished Nuneaton store
Family owned and run jeweller, F.Hinds, has unveiled its newly refurbished Nuneaton store. F.Hinds first opened its doors in Nuneaton 36 years ago, in 1987. The new Nuneaton F.Hinds store refit features modernisation to match the current F.Hinds branding, new wall decoration, carpet, and a new seated area for serving…
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May- 2023 -12 MayRetailers
F.Hinds unveils refurbished Wrexham store
Family-owned and run jeweller F. Hinds has recently refurbished its Wrexham branch, located at the Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre. F.Hinds, which has been a family business since it was established in 1856, first opened its doors in Wrexham 12 years ago and has since become a “well-loved” part of the…
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Apr- 2023 -3 AprilProduct Launches
Richemont launches Enquirus
Richemont has launched Enquirus, a neutral, global digital platform designed to help reduce watch and jewellery related crime. Enquirus was designed in close collaboration with a wide range of partners, including watch and jewellery manufacturers, law enforcement agencies, insurance companies, the pre-owned market and clients. According to Richemont, this trusted…
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Mar- 2023 -29 MarchRetailers
F.Hinds unveils revamped Stroud store
F.Hinds has unveiled its refurbished Stroud branch, located at Five Valleys Shopping Centre. F.Hinds, which has been a family business since it was established in 1856, first opened its doors in Stroud in 1973. The new Stroud F.Hinds store features modernisation to match the current F.Hinds branding, new wall decoration,…
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15 MarchNews
Spring Budget: Corporation tax to rise to 25%
Corporation tax is set to rise from 19% to 25% for firms with profits over £250,000, as part of a number of measures announced in chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget. To help offset the corporation tax rise, Hunt also announced a provision of £9bn of “full capital expensing” which for…
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Feb- 2023 -16 FebruaryRetailers
F.Hinds unveils Dover store refurbishment
Family owned jeweller F.Hinds has recently refurbished its Dover branch, which first opened in 1985. The new refit features a “modernisation” of the site to match the company’s current branding, with new wall decorations, a new carpet and a new seated area for serving customers. The store provides a large…
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Oct- 2022 -17 OctoberEconomy
Chancellor reverses almost all mini-budget tax cuts
Newly appointed chancellor Jeremy Hunt has reversed almost all of the mini-budget commitments made by previous chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last month, in a statement made at the Treasury today (17 October). He confirmed the basic rate of income tax will remain at 20% “indefinitely” until the economic situation stabilises, marking…
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6 OctoberRetailers
F.Hinds relocates to new Swindon store
F.Hinds has moved to a new and bigger unit in Swindon’s town centre, featuring “the most modern” store design in the F.Hinds portfolio and larger window displays. This has enabled the jeweller to offer increased ranges of the diamonds, jewellery, branded watches and gifts at its “biggest and best store…
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Sep- 2022 -23 SeptemberEconomy
Chancellor announces sweeping tax cuts in first mini-budget
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has today (23 September) announced a ream of tax cuts alongside a £60bn energy support package as part of the new government’s first mini-budget. Setting out his aims for economic growth, Kwarteng said that he wants the economy to increase by 2.5% annually in the medium-term, through…
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