SaferGems
Jewellery Focus’s coverage of SaferGems explores its vital role in crime prevention, intelligence sharing, and collaboration between law enforcement and the jewellery trade.
Our editorial highlights security alerts, best practice guidance, and case studies on how jewellers can safeguard their businesses against theft, fraud, and organised crime. We also examine SaferGems’ contribution to strengthening industry resilience through training, awareness campaigns, and technological innovation.
For jewellery professionals, this tag provides essential insights into security trends, risk management, and the protective measures promoted by SaferGems to ensure a safer UK jewellery industry.
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Jun- 2025 -3 JuneCrime
UK Protection joins SaferGems as affiliate sponsor
SaferGems, a UK-wide initiative combating crime in the jewellery, pawnbroking, arts and antiques industry, has appointed security specialists of UK Protection Ltd as an affiliate sponsor in a two-year deal. The initiative is founded and funded by the National Association of Jewellers and TH March and hosted by the British…
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Apr- 2020 -17 AprilNews
Former NAJ CEO Michael Hoare passes away
The National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) has announced that the former chief executive of the association, Michael Hoare, has died. President of the NAJ, David Doyle, delivered the news “with a heavy heart” and said that Hoare was known to many from serving in the NAJ (formerly the National Association…
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Mar- 2017 -21 MarchCrime
Crime gang jailed over £3m jewellery raids
Members of a Romanian crime gang have been jailed for a series of burglaries on jewellers, in which some £3.1m worth of jewellery was stolen. The six men have been jailed for a total of 47 years for conspiring to commit burglaries at jewellers across nine different counties in the…
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Jul- 2015 -30 JulyProduct Launches
VIDEO: Watch a new foam security system in action
A new security system that uses expanding foam to cover items of jewellery has been launched. The product, dubbed ‘Medusa’ was designed by Hilaire O’Shea, and assisted by co-founder of SaferGems and former CEO of the National Association of Goldsmiths (NAG), Michael Hoare. The solution fills cabinet displays with a…
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Dec- 2014 -17 DecemberWatch Focus
New database helps jewellers identify stolen watches
A new initiative to help jewellers, pawnbrokers and police to identify and trace stolen watches is being launched in January by intelligence sharing organisation, SaferGems. Acting as a central database of watches’ serial numbers, the SaferGems Watch Register will enable jewellers and pawnbrokers to check the provenance of second-hand items…
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Jul- 2014 -22 JulyQ&A Sessions
The merging trade bodies: a conversation with Andrew Hinds
A conversation with newly-appointed NAG chairman Andrew Hinds, about the future of the British Jewellers’ Association and the National Association of Goldsmiths. Interview by Michael Northcott. Now that you are chairman, what is the outlook for the amalgamation of the two bodies? Over the course of the remainder of this…
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Sep- 2013 -4 SeptemberCurrent Affairs
NAG and BJA announce new Collaboration at IJL 2013
It was announced yesterday at IJL that the National Association of Goldsmiths and the British Jewellers Association have agreed to ‘explore ways of developing closer cooperation.’ As a result of this new partnership the two associations have set up a ‘working group’ which will look at ways they can work…
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Feb- 2013 -6 FebruaryTrade Organisations
Michael Hoare to step down as N.A.G CEO
The National Association of Goldsmiths (N.A.G) has announced that its CEO and Jewellery Focus columnist Michael Hoare will leave the association in April.
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Jan- 2013 -31 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
SaferGems warns of 15 per cent rise in the cost of retail crime
SaferGems has warned jewellery retailers of the “increased risk of crime” after the British Retail Consortium (BRC) reported a 15.6 per cent increase in the cost of crime over the past year.
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Nov- 2012 -28 NovemberTrade Organisations
‘Gold Standard’ second-hand precious metals initiative gathers momentum
The voluntary Gold Standard second-hand precious metals initiative has gained new support thanks to Herfordshire Police Force, which has adopted the system.
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