Tickets are selling fast -  There are now only 6 places left in the morning and 2 places left in the afternoon.  This is the last chance for the public to come into The Birmingham Assay Office this year.....  Call now to reserve a place - £12  Tel 0871 871 6020 or email silver@theassayoffice.co.uk The Birmingham Assay Office is pleased to announce that it is uniquely opening its doors to the General Public and offering limited places on its popular Silver Collection Visits pr…

The Watchdog Daily team recently ventured to the Birmingham Assay Office, with a cohort of Birmingham Trading Standards officers, to document the progress of seized, wrongly hallmarked goods. Local presenter Shefali Oza and the TV crew followed the exercise as Trading Standards officer (TSO) Gary Singh and his colleagues uncovered 90 items, with a retail value of more than £25,000, which were un-hallmarked or suspected of bearing fake trademarks. Please click on the link below …

L-R Michael Allchin - Assay Master & Chief Executive, Marion Wilson - Marketing Director, Marie Brennan - Business Relations Manager The Birmingham Assay Office It is 125 years to the day since the first Committee of the Birmingham Jewellers and Silversmiths’ Association was elected and the organisation eventually became national in 1946. The first elected Chairman in 1887 was Charles Green and his Great Grandson Tom, now Chairman of the family business, will be there today al…