Silver
Silver continues to be a vital material in the jewellery trade, valued for its affordability, versatility, and enduring popularity with consumers. For UK jewellers, designers, manufacturers, and suppliers, the silver market presents both opportunities and challenges, from price volatility to increasing demand for ethically sourced and recycled materials. Jewellery Focus offers comprehensive coverage on silver, including market trends, regulatory updates, design innovations, and sustainability initiatives. Our reporting helps jewellery professionals stay ahead in a competitive sector where silver plays a key role in both fine and fashion jewellery.
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Jan- 2019 -11 JanuaryFeatures
Getting the right Valentineโs Day jewellery
Valentineโs Day is the ultimate couples (or couples to-be) celebration, and naturally jewellery is high on the gift-list agenda. Stocking jewellery that will sell and which is up-to-the-minute in design terms during this period is essential for any jeweller who wants to make a healthy profit as well as offering…
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11 JanuaryAuctions
Fellows to auction watches from the Queenโs goldsmith
Watches belonging to Stuart Devlin, a gold and silversmiths who held a royal warrant to supply gold and jewels to the Queen, are due to go under the hammer at Fellows in Birmingham on 24 and 29 January. A diamond watch by Jaeger LeCoultre and a gentlemanโs 18ct white gold…
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9 JanuaryVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street – Baileys & Sons
Can you tell us a little about the history of Baileys & Sons? My great-grandfather founded our family jewellery business in London in 1919. My family then moved to Amersham, where Hewittโs Jewellers was created. In the 1950โs my grandfather joined the business and later on my father Nigel also…
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9 JanuaryDesigners
Emily Mortimer launches new Cosmo Collection
Emily Mortimer jewellery has launched itโs new Cosmos Collection jewellery range. The collection draws inspirations from the โstella trendโ and โincorporating an array of technicolour gemstonesโ, and includes โstand outโ statement pieces, alongside key staples for everyday accessorising, available in both gold and silver. The collection is available on the…
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7 JanuaryUncategorized
Three-Minute Interview: Chris Garland
Describe yourself in three words? Honest, passionate and hard-working. When you were at school, what did you want to be and why? I didnโt know what I wanted to be at school but I loved maths, logic and rugby so when I was first introduced to computers – our maths…
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2 JanuaryVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street: E.C One
Name: E.C.One Location: Clerkenwell, London Established: 1997 Number of staff: 10 Website: www.econe.co.uk Tell me about the history of EC One? E.C.One is celebrating its 21st birthday this month. We started in an old butchers shop in a rundown street in Clerkenwell. Over the past two decades, Alison and I…
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Dec- 2018 -18 DecemberManufacturers
Gold drops 2.8% in November hallmarking
Gold hallmarking fell by 2.8% in November 2018 compared with the same period the previous year, this is despite overall volumes increasing by 1.8% according to figures compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office. The number of gold pieces hallmarked decreased from 492,537 in November 2017 to 478, 589 in 2018.…
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17 DecemberBusinesses For Sale
For Sale: Ernest G. Brooks Jewellers โ Rent ยฃ10,400 Per Annum
Established High Street Jewellers in business for 19 years for sale due to sudden ill health of the current owners. The store is situated at the crossroads of the South Wales town of Ammanford . The town is approximately five minutes from junction 49 of the M4 and around one…
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13 DecemberFeatures
Art Jewellery – Why the distinction?
โThese are wearable sculptures which engage with our thought-process, with our emotions. The value is not about whether it has diamonds or rubies, but about the fact that itโs done by an artist and that it carries a story.โ Since she was a child, Cipriani has always had a passion…
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11 DecemberFeatures
Voice on the High Street – Dower & Hall
Tell me about the history of Dower & Hall? My wife, Diane Hall, and I established Dower & Hall in 1990. After meeting at Middlesex University while studying jewellery design, I opened my studio in 1987 and Diane joined me after working as an in-house jewellery designer at various labels.…
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