Penny Parkes with the Olympic Torch[/caption] To read more about Birmingham Day visit http://www.assaynews.co.uk/bao/the-birmingham-assay-office-at-birmingham-day/ , a full round up of pictures can also be seen below. To see The Birmingham Assay Office representing The Jewellery Quarter during Birmingham Day at The House of Commons,  check out BBC Midlands Today's 22.10.13 broadcast -http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03dt2nf  We think it should be Birmingham Day every…

Here's Penny Parkes from Birmingham Assay Office showing the office's new Help With Hallmarks app. Priced at only £9.99, the App also contains useful information relating to hallmarks, and is an invaluable “on the go” tool for retailers, collectors, antique and second hand dealers, silver experts, valuers and students, as well as members of the public who have a general interest in historic hallmarks. Just Go to iTunes or Google Play store to download – type in Help W…

The miners, representing four Fairtrade mining co-operatives first attended the Company of Master Jewellers’ UK Jewellery Conference. Supported by Fairtrade gold programme co-ordinator Greg Valerio and Managing Director of Cred Jewellery Alan Frampton, they clearly set out the difference that the Fairtrade premium has already made to their communities and the  challenges they still faced.  Later that afternoon, the miners visited The Birmingham Assay Office to see the Fairtrade ma…