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NEW – CONSUMER LEAFLET EXPLAINING HALLMARKING NOW AVAILABLE FOR RETAILERS - LEARN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SYMBOLS THAT MAKE UP A UK HALLMARK. The Birmingham Assay office has produced a consumer leaflet designed to inform and educate the customers of Britain’s jewellery retailers about the importance and meaning of Hallmarks on precious metals...more »
NEW – GROUND BREAKING INITIATIVE THE BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE PARTICIPATES IN THE INAUGURAL JEWELLERY SHOW SEMINAR PROGRAMME
SEMINAR TITLE: THE NEW REALITY – An insight into the Jewellery Market in 2010 and Beyond...more »
NEW – BRUMS – A –GEM BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE SILVER VISITS
A Unique Opportunity For The General Public To Visit The Birmingham Assay Office And View Its Private Silver Collection - Book Your Place Today - ...more »
NEW – THE BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE SUPPORTS ACORNS CHILDREN’S HOSPICE CHARITY
The Birmingham Assay Office recently presented a cheque to Acorns Children’s Hospice which provides specialist care for life limited children and support for their families across the Heart of England....more »
new - NEW DEALERS NOTICE AVAILABLE
A requirement of the Hallmarking Act 1973 is that all dealers supplying precious metal jewellery shall display a notice explaining the approved hallmarks. A new Dealers Notice produced by the British Hallmarking Council is now available. Click here for more information.....more >
Hallmark for Palladium – the “new” precious metal - becomes compulsory
Palladium is bright, white, tarnish resistant and much less dense than other platinum group metals. Widely used in industry, it has now been officially recognized as a precious metal for fine jewellery, with the introduction of a compulsory UK hallmark from 1st January 2010...more >
SELLING YOUR GOLD JEWELLERY – HELPFUL HINTS
Gold is at its highest price ever with prices over £600 ($1000) per troy ounce (31.1grams) for most of 2009. This is almost double what it was five years ago....more >
BRILLIANTLY BIRMINGHAM SILVER VISIT
A Unique Opportunity For The General Public To Visit The Birmingham Assay Office And View Its Private Silver Collection
Thursday 3rd December 2009 - Book Your Place Today ...more >
A call to the jewellery industry to support the launch of fairtrade gold
I am writing to invite you to take part in a secure online survey entitled ‘fairtrade and fairmined gold market survey’. This survey has been commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation in London aimed at gaining a greater level of understanding into the UK jewellery industry and beyond...more >
first UK testing house to become UKAS
accredited to new Lead Safety Standard
The Laboratory at The Birmingham Assay Office is the first UK testing house to become UKAS accredited to new Lead Safety Standard....more >
PALLADIUM MAKES ITS MARK
Palladium jewellery off to a flying start! Demand for the “white look” continues as 9ct gold sees continuing decline...more >
Palladium hits the mark
Palladium has been officially acknowledged as the latest precious metal trend for the fine jewellery industry with the advent of a hallmark to guarantee its fineness. From today, 22nd July 2009, the four UK Assay Offices can mark Palladium articles with a legally recognised Hallmark, applied under an amendment to the Hallmarking Act 1973.....more »
International Jewellery London show - IJL The Great Debate – working together to deliver
an ethical supply chain THE GREAT DEBATE
Following the success of The Great Debate in 2007 and 2008, The Birmingham Assay Office will once again be staging the 2009 event at the International London Jewellery Show, in partnership with Reed Exhibitions....more »
CELEBRATING BIRMINGHAM'S GEM IN THE JEWELLERY QUARTER WITH THE BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE
Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter Festival took place on Saturday, July 4th when ‘Matthew Boulton’ was once again seen walking round St Paul’s Square....more >
Saturday 4th July - COME AND Join Us in Celebrating Birmingham's Gem in the Jewellery Quarter
Celebrating Birmingham’s Gem: Saturday 4th July, 10:30am – 4:00pm...more >
The birmingham assay office ENJOYS GREAT SUCCESS AT the 100th Rotary International convention
The Birmingham Assay Office participated in the 100th Rotary International Convention, which took place at the NEC, Birmingham, from 20-24th June 2009. The Birmingham Assay Office had a stand in the Victorian Britain Themed “House of Friendship”, which was the central meeting point for the Rotarians during the Convention...more >
THE BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE PARTICIPATES IN THE 100TH ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Birmingham is ready to welcome more than 20,000 people from over 151 different countries to the City...more >
Celebrate the life, work and legacy of the Founder of The Birmingham Assay Office - Matthew Boulton - the most influential industrialist of the 18th Century and one of Birmingham's finest men...more >
Britain In Bloom - Planting In St Pauls Square Churchyard
Green fingered volunteers from The Birmingham Assay Office, recently gave up their lunch time to work under the watchful supervision of experienced gardeners from Birmingham City Council (Emma and Mike) to plant up the wonderful containers - some bearing the world famous Anchor symbol – the Hallmark of The Birmingham Assay Office - which can be seen lining St Paul’s Churchyard, in St Paul’s Square...more>
Matthew Boulton Day in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham - with the staff of The Birmingham Assay Office - more >
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