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UK Assay Offices

UK Assay Offices play a vital role in maintaining trust and integrity within the jewellery industry, ensuring precious metal items meet legal standards through hallmarking. For jewellers, manufacturers, wholesalers and designers, their work is central to compliance and consumer confidence. Jewellery Focus covers developments at the UK’s Assay Offices, including regulatory updates, technological advancements in testing, and changes impacting the trade. Our reporting also explores how these institutions support the industry with guidance, innovation, and services that affect daily operations for professionals across the jewellery supply chain.

UK Assay Offices

UK Assay Offices play a vital role in maintaining trust and integrity within the jewellery industry, ensuring precious metal items meet legal standards through hallmarking. For jewellers, manufacturers, wholesalers and designers, their work is central to compliance and consumer confidence. Jewellery Focus covers developments at the UK’s Assay Offices, including regulatory updates, technological advancements in testing, and changes impacting the trade. Our reporting also explores how these institutions support the industry with guidance, innovation, and services that affect daily operations for professionals across the jewellery supply chain.

The British Hallmarking Council is seeking new members

The British Hallmarking Council is seeking new members! If you are interested in the…

Poll launched for new Platinum Jubilee marks

The Four UK Assay Offices have published two marks to commemorate the Queen’s platinum jubilee.

Coronavirus: The jewellery industry’s story

At the time of writing, the UK’s embattled high street has been given a glimmer of hope,…

Goldsmiths’ Company Charity awards over £700,000 in grants through the Covid-19 fund

The Goldsmiths’ Company and Charity have awarded over £700,000 in grants to people working…

Assay offices close their doors

All four assay offices across the UK have closed their doors amid the coronavirus crisis.

NAJ launches new initiative to promote UK jewellery

The National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) has launched its “long-awaited” campaign to…

Company Q&A: International Gemmological Laboratory

What is the back history of the IGL? We opened the office in Jan 2014, but the company…

Hallmarking figures drop 9.3% in June

Hallmarking fell by an average of 9.3% in June 2018 compared with the same period the…

What does the offshore hallmark mean for the jewellery industry?

“We were extremely happy when the British Hallmarking Council (BHC) finally, after a…

Industry figures comment on overseas hallmark outcome

Leading figures in the industry have commented on the outcome of the British Hallmarking…
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