It's hard to believe that it's been well over a week since the Jewellery & Watch Show and Spring Fair International  2014 came to a close. It must be said that many of the new collections on show were creative, original, fashionable and fun.  It is a good time to be a British Brand. The 2014 one day training course programmes from our Training Division have had a lot of interest which is encouraging to see for the industry as a whole and not just for Assay Office Birmingham busin…

Weston Beamor revealed the winner of its annual student design competition at Jewellery & Watch Birmingham this week, crowning Zi Ye Zi Ye, (picture above, centre, with Faith Hope and Natalia Antunovity, who all took home prizes) as the winner of a £500 prize and a week's work experience with the company. The annual CAD competition is run with students in their second year of study on the HND course in Jewellery and Silversmithing at Birmingham School of Jewellery, part of Birmingh…

  Thanks to the BJA for a very interesting seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility at the School of Jewellery yesterday evening. Their seminar entitled “What’s in it for me? Raising Standards in the Jewellery Industry” covered all aspects of CSR from ethical to environmental, employer and community responsibilities. L-R, Simon Rainer, Gary Wroe, Gaye Penfold, Alan Frampton, Michel Allchin, Prof Marilyn Carrigan This is not just about ethical sourcing of product, …