Robbery
Jewellery robbery—whether in-store thefts, courier hijackings, or supply-chain breaches—poses critical operational and reputational risks across the UK trade. These incidents affect retailers, couriers, insurers, and manufacturers through loss exposure, insurance liabilities, security costs, and customer confidence. Jewellery Focus delivers rigorous coverage of robbery-related developments: incident reporting, risk and liability trends, security innovations, insurance market updates, and best-practice strategies for prevention and response. Our trade-informed analysis supports jewellers, logistics partners, insurers, and policymakers with actionable insights to strengthen security protocols, minimise loss, and maintain trust in high-value jewellery commerce.
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Jun- 2019 -7 JuneCrime
Police appeal following robbery at Harringay jewellers
Detectives in Harringay, London have released CCTV footage of three men they wish to trace in connection with a commercial robbery of the Italgold Jewellery store, during which a woman was attacked. According to the Metropolitan Police, on Monday 15 April at 12:45pm, a man walked into a jewellery shop…
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May- 2019 -29 MayCrime
Three arrested following Duke Street jewellers smash and grab
Detectives investigating a smash and grab raid at the Hour House jewellery store, which saw Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews hide in the jewellery shop’s vault during the attack, have made three arrests. Mathews was there to collect a watch at the jewellers in Duke Street, Marylebone, which was…
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21 MayCrime
Five arrested over jewellery raid at Amir Jewellers
Five men have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police after the group raided the Amir Jewellers jewellery store in Maida Vale, London. According to the BBC, the thieves were armed with knives, a crowbar and a hammer and rode mopeds during the attack, which took place at around 5pm on…
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Apr- 2019 -17 AprilCrime
Police appeal following robbery at Bournemouth jewellers
Officers investigating a burglary at a Bournemouth jewellers have issued a CCTV image of the suspect. At approximately 10.45am on Thursday 11 April 2019 a man entered Ilaria Smart Luxury on Wimborne Road in the Winton area of the town. While inside he distracted staff before stealing two rings and…
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12 AprilCrime
Seven arrested over robbery at Bournemouth jewellers
Dorset Police has arrested seven people in relation to a reported armed robbery at a jewellers in Bournemouth. At around 12pm on Thursday 14 March 2019 Dorset Police received a report of a robbery at Franses Jewellers in Westover Road involving a number of men on two mopeds and a…
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Jan- 2019 -7 JanuaryCrime
Man charged with Leicester jewellery store robbery
A 41-year-old man has been charged with robbery following an incident at Mallard jewellers and pawnbrokers in Leicester, which took place on Saturday (5 January 2019). Imtiaz Patel, 41, of Marina Road, Leicester, was also charged with possession of a knife in a public place. A statement by Leicester Police…
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Oct- 2018 -25 OctoberCrime
Robbers who stole £500k worth of jewellery jailed
Two men who carried out a £500,000 armed jewellery robbery at the Mappin and Webb boutique at Gleneagles Hotel have been jailed. At the High Court in Edinburgh Richard Fleming, 42, and Liam Richardson, 30, were sentenced to 18 years and 11 years and four months respectively. The pair were…
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12 OctoberFeatures
Jewellery crime and how to deal with it
Casings Statistics confirm that the vast majority of all crimes committed against jewellery businesses are preceded by the criminals’ casing of the targeted business and its operations. Learn to detect when individuals may be casing your business, and take steps to show the would-be criminals that your business is an…
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Sep- 2018 -4 SeptemberFeatures
How to mitigate insurance premium tax rises
The next hike in business insurance premiums is not a reaction to increasing thefts or smashed display cabinets, but instead many consider it to be a snatch by the government as it raises Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) once again. With the snap election announced for June 8, some in the…
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Apr- 2018 -16 AprilRetailers
Low-skilled jobs rebadged as apprenticeships by firms, says report
Employers are relabelling low-quality, low skilled and and often low-wage roles as ‘apprenticeships’, according to a new report. As part of the Government’s wider package of reforms to apprenticeships, groups of employers have come together to write the new ‘apprenticeship standards’. Some employers have used this opportunity to generate high-quality…
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