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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Mar- 2025 -11 MarchRetailers
Pandora launches new charm in support of Unicef
Pandora has launched a new heart-shaped Unicef-inspired silver charm with a blue center-stone, representing Unicefโs signature colour. The launch highlights Pandoraโs ongoing partnership with Unicef, which has raised nearly $14m (ยฃ10.8m) over the past five years to support children and young people worldwide. The Pandora for Unicef partnership supports children…
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10 MarchAppointments
British Hallmarking Council appoints three new members
The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has appointed Kerry Gregory, Sally Leonard and Frederick Toye as the three new members to the British Hallmarking Council from January 2025 for a period of three years. They will work with the chair Noel Hunter, OBE and existing members of council…
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Feb- 2025 -27 FebruaryRetailers
Tom Wood unveils new collection with Japanese fashion model Kozue Akimoto
Tom Wood has launched its new Chiyu Ring collection in collaboration with long-time friend and Japanese fashion insider Kozue Akimoto. Titled Chiyu, the Japanese word for “healing”, the collaboration features a duo of rings designed to be worn together as a โsort of supportive armourโ. Directly inspired by the concept…
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26 FebruaryBrand Profiles
Wolf CEO Simon Wolf on celebrating 190 years of the brand and the future of luxury storage
Luxury watch and jewellery box brand Wolf celebrated its 190th anniversary last year and in December was also awarded the prestigious Butterfly Mark by Positive Luxury. It all began when Wolfโs great-great-grandfather, Philipp Wolf I, who was a silversmith in Hanau, Germany, an area still renowned for silver and goldsmithing…
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20 FebruaryNews
Hallmarking falls 18.8% in January
The total number of items hallmarked by the four UK Assay Offices dropped 18.8% in January. In total 5,02,620 pieces of jewellery were hallmarked in January 2025 compared with 6,18,881 in 2024, a decline of 1,16,221. Gold hallmarking increased 1.3% from 2,37,136 pieces hallmarked up to 2,40,110. However, gold 990…
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18 FebruaryDesigners
Giovanni Raspini launches four new ranges as part of SS25 collection
Giovanni Raspini has launched its new Spring-Summer 2025 collection, which features four new ranges: Animalier, Blade Colour, Selene, and Daisy Pearl. The Animalier collection is inspired by nature and features motifs from the animal kingdom, including crocodile, leopard, lion, chameleon and elephant. The collection includes 16 pieces: seven rings, two…
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13 FebruaryDesigners
Boodles designs the 2025 Grand National Trophy
Boodles has announced that it is designing the Grand National Trophy for the 2025 Randox Grand National at Aintree Racecourse. This yearโs trophy โcaptures the essenceโ of Randox, the Grand Nationalโs sponsor, through its Biochip-inspired design, symbolising innovation, cutting-edge technology. Boodles designers wanted to pay homage to the iconic Aintree…
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13 FebruaryRetailers
Pippa Small unveils new Chandra collection
British ethical jeweller, and founder of eponymous brand, Pippa Small has announced the launch of her new collection Chandra, inspired by the Hindu moon god. Playing with its classic old cut, Pippa Small created moulds of the hand-cut stones it frequently uses, but have created them in matte silver and…
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11 FebruaryRetailers
Bradleyโs Jewellers celebrates record York Ice Trail competition entries
Bradleyโs Jewellers is celebrating the successful running of its competition in conjunction with the York Ice Trail which saw 1,430 entries to win a prize. The prize was a York Daffodil pendant and chain in sterling silver, worth ยฃ1,000, frozen in place in an ice sculpture. The business’ life-sized ice…
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5 FebruaryDesigners
Emma J Shipley unveils Gilded Menagerie: Icons of the Wild collection
British graphic artist and designer Emma J Shipley has launched the Gilded Menagerie: Icons of the Wild collection in collaboration with jeweller Tomasz Donocik. Shipleyโs new collection reimagines six of her โiconicโ creatures – The Lynx, The Elephant, The Hare, The Dragon, The Monkey, and The Owl – in a…
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