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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Oct- 2014 -30 OctoberAppointments
Jewellery Focus introduces revamped mobile site
A new mobile and responsive site for JewelleryFocus.co.uk has been rolled out with immediate effect to cater for the growing number of mobile users engaging with the Jewellery Focus brand on a daily basis. The site is designed for simplicity of use and focuses on the latest news stories –…
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24 OctoberUncategorized
23,000 subscribers for new Jewellery Focus daily newsletter
The new Daily Briefing e-newsletter introduced by Jewellery Focus two weeks ago now has over 23,000 subscribers. Jewellery Focus introduced its new daily email news offering in the wake of the hugely successful Weekly Roundup, and a surge of sharing and recommendations has produced a rapid uplift in subscriptions to the mailing…
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23 OctoberDesigners
Endless Jewelry signs deal with Lotus F1 Team
Jewellery brand Endless has signed a deal with the Lotus F1 Team which will see the brand’s logo appear on the Lotus F1 car at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. The Grand Prix takes place from October 31 to November 2, with the Endless logo appearing on…
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22 OctoberRetailers
Vashi sells shares on crowdfunding platform
Diamond jewellery e-tailer Vashi is selling shares on crowdfunding platform, SyndicateRoom. Vashi Dominguez, founder of Vashi, is seeking to raise a minimum of £600,000 through the equity crowdfunding platform. Since launching its investment page on the website over a week ago, the company has already attracted investment totalling £156,360, equating…
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17 OctoberRetailers
New independent jewellery retailer opens in Manchester
A new independent jewellery store, Wilbrahams, has officially opened in Chorlton, Manchester. The retail outlet has been opened by master jeweller Alexander Filippidi, returning to where he first started his work in Chorlton within Charmers Jewellers, and his partner Heather Williamson. Wilbrahams of Chorlton received financial help from Manchester High…
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Sep- 2014 -24 SeptemberWatch Focus
Watchfinder receives £6.2m investment
Pre-owned watch retailer, Watchfinder has received a $10m (£6.2m) investment from private equity. The investment was funded 50/50 by Piton Capital, a specialist marketplace investor, and Beringea, a growth capital investor managing the ProVen Capital Trusts. A company statement said that the investment would be used to “broaden the company’s…
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19 SeptemberTrade Organisations
New support programme launches for creative industries
A new support programme, Creative Industry Finance (CIF), will launch across the UK on September 23. CIF aims to provide business support and access to finance to enable the growth and development of the UK’s creative and cultural industries. The programme will offer up to 12 hours of free sector-specific…
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17 SeptemberEconomy
Global diamond demand reaches record levels, says De Beers
Global demand for diamond jewellery reached a record high of $79bn (£48bn) in 2013, according to the inaugural Diamond Insight Report published today by De Beers. However the report claims that “substantial investment will be required in diamond production, technology, and branding, marketing and retail standards” if the industry is…
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16 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
F Hinds joins 100 firms demanding rates overhaul
Britain’s largest independent family jeweller, F Hinds has joined more than 100 of Britain’s biggest companies calling for business rates to be overhauled. The signatories of the open letter, published in The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, call the conversional tax a “critical problem”, saying that business rates “are no longer…
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4 SeptemberEconomy
Economic recovery solid, but growth ‘will even out’: CBI
The UK economic recovery is on solid ground but growth will even out in the second half of 2014 and into next year, the CBI said in its latest economic forecast. The UK’s leading business group forecasts 3.0% growth in 2014 and 2.7% in 2015, unchanged from May. Between the…
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