Staff from Riley Industries recently attended one of the final organised group Silver Visits at Assay Office Birmingham's historic home! As you may be aware, 2015 marks the start of a New Era for the organisation as we will be moving into a brand new purpose built building on Moreton Street in the Jewellery Quarter. The tour, which was conducted by Heritage Project Manager Dr Kate Iles was well received by all who attended on the day. Don't forget there is still time for you to book onto th…

Birmingham Community Safety Partnership are undertaking a business related survey and Assay Office Birmingham is helping to make local Birmingham businesses aware of the survey. Please follow the link below to complete the survey; https://www.snapsurveys.com/wh/s.asp?k=142625143105 This survey will take a maximum of ten minutes to complete and your responses will be treated in the strictest of confidence in accordance with the Market Research Society code of conduct. Most questions will re…

Members of staff from  the Company of  Master Jewellers - CMJ - recently attended the Understanding Watches training course at Assay Office Birmingham. The course, was carried out by Peter Tales a respected Horology Consultant and a Senior Examiner at the British Horological Institute.  The course allowed the attendees to gain more knowledge about the technical aspects and benefits of of differnt tyes of wathces and their functionality as well as some rules on spotting the diff…