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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May- 2015 -7 MayCurrent Affairs
Hatton Garden raid has ‘ruined lives’
The Hatton Garden raid has “ruined lives” and victims have lost their “livelihoods”, according to a loss adjuster. Ricky Marchant, from Marchant and Marchant, told the BBC that he was dealing with seven clients who had lost items during the robbery, with an estimated value of £2m in total. Marchant…
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6 MayCrime
Five arrested following Whitby jewellery store raid
Five people have been arrested following an alleged armed raid which took place at a jewellery store in Whitby, North Yorkshire, last week. The robbery took place at Gouldbuys jewellery store in Flowergate, on Friday May 1 at 12:30pm, as the Tour de Yorkshire was taking place. Police said that…
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Apr- 2015 -24 AprilCurrent Affairs
Hatton Garden heist: £20,000 reward offered by police
A £20,000 reward has been offered for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the burglary at Hatton Garden Safety Deposit company. Appearing on BBC1’s Crimewatch last night, Detective Superintendent Craig Turner, head of the Flying Squad, appealed for witnesses to the robbery which took…
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23 AprilCrime
New images of Hatton Garden robbery released
Police have released new images of the Hatton Garden robbery showing the scenes that officers found on arrival at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company after it was broken into. The images show the hole that the thieves drilled into the vault at the safe deposit company over the Easter…
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15 AprilCrime
Bystander catches armed raiders on camera
Two armed thieves who tried to raid the Uncle Jewellers and Pawnbrokers on Chapel Street, Wigan have been caught on a phone camera by a member of the public. The robbery took place at the jewellers just before 1:30pm on Saturday, April 11, when two offenders pulled up outside the…
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15 AprilCurrent Affairs
LDB to offer support to those affected by Hatton Garden Raid
The London Diamond Bourse (LDB) has today announced it will act as centralised point of contact for members of the trade affected by the recent robbery in Hatton Garden. The LDB said that it is concerned that there is no “coordinated effort” to manage the situation outside the consumer press…
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10 AprilCurrent Affairs
London Diamond Bourse ‘greatly concerned’ by Hatton Garden robbery
The London Diamond Bourse (LDB) has said it is “greatly concerned” by the Hatton Garden jewellery raid which took place over the Easter weekend. In the statement Victoria McKay, chief operating officer at LDB expressed particular concern about the “incorrect information” being reported in the media. LDB said that it…
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9 AprilCurrent Affairs
NAG and BJA respond to Hatton Garden raid
Michael Rawlinson, chief executive officer of the National Association of Goldsmiths (NAG) has released a response following the recent raid in Hatton Garden. The response, which was released on behalf of NAG and the British Jewellers Association (BJA), follows the recent robbery in Hatton Garden where raiders took, according to…
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Mar- 2015 -25 MarchCrime
Shoppers tackle armed robber in Leeds jewellery store raid
Members of the public tackled and detained an armed robber as he tried to flee the scene of a jewellery store raid in Leeds city centre yesterday. The incident took place at Berrys Jewellers, in Albion Street, when three masked men entered the store at 3:20pm and threatened staff with…
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9 MarchCrime
Cash stolen from Bradford jewellers by armed thieves
A jewellery store in Bradford has been targeted by armed raiders who made off with an undisclosed sum of cash. A member of staff at the Cash for Gold, located on James Street, was forced to hand over a box containing cash by a masked pair at around 10am on…
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