Investment
Investment is a crucial theme in the jewellery trade, influencing business growth, supply chain resilience, and consumer demand for high-value pieces. For UK jewellers, manufacturers, and distributors, understanding investment trends—whether in precious metals, gemstones, or brand development—is essential. Jewellery Focus offers in-depth coverage of financial developments across the sector, including company funding, acquisitions, market analysis, and insights into consumer behaviour around jewellery as an investment asset. Our reporting supports professionals seeking to navigate the financial dynamics shaping the industry.
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Feb- 2017 -3 FebruaryEconomy
Gold jewellery demand down 15% in 2016
Demand for gold jewellery across the globe fell 15% in 2016, despite an overall rise in demand for gold. The World Gold Council’s (WGC) latest Gold Demand Trends report found global demand for gold rose 2% in 2016 to 4,309 tonnes – the highest level since 2013. Demand was largely…
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Jan- 2017 -4 JanuaryRetailers
Aurum Holdings set for auction amid sales boom
The owner of luxury watch and jewellery group Aurum Holdings is reportedly preparing to sell the business after posting “strong sales” following the EU referendum. The company, which owns Goldsmiths, Mappin & Webb and Watches of Switzerland, could be sold later this year after its controlling shareholder Apollo Global Management…
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Dec- 2016 -8 DecemberInternational
De Beers unveils £3.9m expansion of its Surat diamond grading centre
De Beers, the world’s largest diamond mining company, has unveiled an expansion at its Surat diamond grading and testing centre. The $5m (£3.9m) expansion plan at its International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research (IIDGR) – part of the De Beers Group of Companies – follows the group’s initial $10m…
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Nov- 2016 -28 NovemberEvents
WB The Creative Jewellery Group scoops engineering award
WB The Creative Jewellery Group was one of a select group of companies to be honoured in the Midland’s heat of the 2016 ‘EEF Future Manufacturing Awards’. The company was named runner-up in the Business Growth category of the awards – staged by the Engineering Employers’ Federation – during a…
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10 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Rapaport: Trump victory will improve economy
Trump’s election victory coupled with Republican control of Congress will set the stage for improved economic conditions that will support increased demand for diamonds and jewellery, according to the Rapaport Group. In a statement on the US election result, the firm said lower taxes, higher domestic employment and the end of…
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9 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Trump victory prompts gold to breach $1,300/oz
The World Gold Council has today released a market update following this morning’s news that Donald Trump has become the 45th President of the United States. Key takeaways from the report are as follows: Financial markets have reacted sharply. Global equity markets have fallen, market expectations of a December US…
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2 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Jewellery is the UK’s ‘most popular’ collectible investment
Jewellery is the most popular collectible investment in the UK, according to a recent study released by Lloyds Private Banking. It found that out of the one in six UK investors who held collectibles in their portfolio 9% of them invest in jewellery, compared with an average of 7% who…
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Oct- 2016 -28 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Heated discussion at Hatton Garden BID open forum
A heated discussion took place last night (27 October) as members of the jewellery industry attended an open forum to discuss the future of Hatton Garden. The forum was organised by the Hatton Garden Business Improvement District (BID) to discuss its investment plan and address concerns over the future of…
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11 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Iconic 100 Hatton Garden building to be sold by the end of the year
A Singaporean investment company, UOL Group, will acquire the 120 Holborn site in Hatton Garden by the end of the year. The site incorporates the iconic 100 Hatton Garden building, which houses many jewellery businesses including the London Diamond Bourse (LDB), along with retail units along Hatton Garden. UOL announced…
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Aug- 2016 -18 AugustCurrent Affairs
Birmingham Jewellery Quarter reaches another milestone in quest for £2m investment
Several roads around Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter are set to close this weekend to make way for a major filming production. The closures – beginning at 7am on 19 August until 6am the following day – are for the purpose of transforming the Jewellery Quarter’s streets into a “futuristic America” for…
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