Birmingham is basking in a heatwave and the population of the Jewellery Quarter including many Assay Office Birmingham staff are enjoying the free lunchtime musical entertainment supported by the Jewellery Quarter Development Trust  Talented musicians from all over the world are be stepping up to the platform to preform electrifying jazz music in all different styles ranging from ragtime to dixieland. Gifted bands and musicians will be preforming at noon for five days this week in St PaulÅ

The latest craze for loom bands has highlighted once again that an apparently harmless product may have long term detrimental effects to health.   Do you believe your products to be product safety compliant?  You may be surprised. Background Phthalates can be found on textiles, coated Leather and more commonly plastic type articles and is required test under REACH and is found within all Retailer Manuals, to which most have their own policy. Legislation: Reference under REAC…

A rare opportunity to explore The Historic Park at Hagley Sunday 14th September 2014 St Basil's (a charity who work with young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness) are inviting all supporters to take advantage of a rare opportunity to walk around the Park at Hagley ahead of its official opening in 2015 and to see the scale of restoration work that has taken place in this important Park, which is home to the Lyttelton family. The Park at Hagley is an English Herit…