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As a global hub for the jewellery trade, London plays a pivotal role in shaping trends, hosting events, and driving commercial activity across the sector. From luxury jewellers on Bond Street to emerging designers in Hatton Garden, the capital is home to a diverse array of businesses influencing the UK and international markets. Jewellery Focus provides in-depth coverage of London’s jewellery scene, including news from leading retailers and workshops, industry events and exhibitions, policy and regulatory updates affecting trade in the city, and insights into consumer behaviour and market opportunities.
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Mar- 2014 -14 MarchCelebrities
Glitzy Mayfair event for Tresor Paris watch launch
Tresor Paris last night held a snazzy event at Jack Barclay Bentley in Berkley Square, London, to launch Nouveau Hexagone, its new collection of watches. The venue, which is a Bentley showroom by day, was packed with celebrity guests including including rapper Professor Green, Uri Geller, Boyzone members Shane Lynch and…
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14 MarchDesigners
ARCHIVE: An interview with acclaimed designer Theo Fennell
We caught up with London-based jewellery designer THEO FENNELL, whose flamboyant pieces caught the eye of one Elton John decades ago. Here, he ruminates on what it takes to be successful, and how the industry has changed. Give us a potted history of your career and how you got to where you…
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13 MarchWatch Focus
Watchfinder & Co website to enter the new watch market
Watchfinder & Co, the first major online-only retailer of pre-owned luxury timepieces, has entered the ‘new’ market with a deal naming it an authorised retailer of SevenFriday watches. In a statement, the firm described SevenFriday as “revolutionary in a traditionally conservative industry”. SevenFriday creates industrially-inspired haute horlogerie at an entry-level…
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12 MarchWatch Focus
Seiko and IAAF renew partnership with six-year deal
Seiko has announced that it has renewed its timing services sponsorship deal for the IAAF World Championships by signing up for a further six years. The new agreement will include three IAAF World Championships, in Beijing in 2015, London in 2017 and in 2019 in a city yet to be…
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11 MarchTrade Organisations
IJL Editors Choice competition accepting entries
International Jewellery London (IJL) is accepting entries to its sixth annual Editor’s Choice competition. The competition, which now includes the new category ‘Most Innovative Collection’, is an annual initiative that each year recognises some of the most innovative and commercial jewellery collections on show at IJL. This year’s competition will…
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5 MarchCurrent Affairs
Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office named ‘apprenticeship trailblazer’
The Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office has been named by the government’s apprenticeships scheme as an ‘Apprenticeship Trailblazer’ for the craft sector. The announcement was made during the start of National Apprenticeship Week which began on March 3. The Goldsmiths’ Company Apprenticeship Programme currently enables individuals to train as hallmarkers in…
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4 MarchEvents
Cheapside Hoard to take centre-stage at Museum of London
The Cheapside Hoard, one of the largest and most exquisite collections of late 16th and early 17th century jewellery, will take centre stage at an afternoon organised by Birkbeck and the Museum of London on 8 March. Historians will examine the contents and local context of the collection, which comprises…
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3 MarchDesigners
Theo Fennell names student winners of his Central Saint Martins competition
Renowned fine jewellery designer Theo Fennell has named the five winning students of a competition he set at Central Saint Martins as part of its design competition. Fennell provided 14 entrants with five types of precious stone: a marquise-shaped golden beryl, a heart-shaped padparadscha sapphire, emerald-cut green tourmaline, a tsavorite…
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Feb- 2014 -20 FebruaryEvents
CARAT* hails record number of customers at Spring Fair
Wholesale jewellery brand CARAT* says it expects its growth this year to surpass that of 2013, thanks to a strong order book and a successful exhibition and Jewellery & Watch Birmingham. The firm said it had welcomed “record numbers new and existing customers” onto its stand during the five-day event,…
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4 FebruaryEconomy
BJA meeting on Hatton Garden future draws audience of 200
A meeting hosted by the British Jewellers’ Association to propose a Business Improvement District (BID) in Hatton Garden drew an audience of more than 200 people. An unexpectedly large crowd of businesspeople from London’s jewellery quarter gathered in Etc Venues on Hatton Garden to hear the case for introducing a…
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