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Nearly ready to go over to the NEC, Birmingham to exhibit at Antiques For Everyone from Thursday 10th - Sunday 13th April.  The van is packed - hope we haven't forgotten anything!!

Great article in the April edition of Trading Standards Today.  North Ayrshire Trading Standards beat fierce competition to win the British Hallmarking Council's Touchstone Award - which recognises innovation in the work of hallmarking compliance by Trading Standards organisations throughout the UK. Assay Office Birmingham will have a stand at the Trading Standards Conference in Harrogate -Come and see us on Stand G6 from Mon 30 June to Thursday 3 July. Book online at http://www.trad…

BLUE STONES Stephen Webster Tanzanite Ring Blue Sapphire Blue sapphire is a member of the mineral species ‘corundum’, a sister to ruby. Historically sapphires were sourced in Kashmir, Myanmar and Sri Lanka but in recent decades Madagascar, Eastern Africa, Australia, Thailand and Cambodia have also become important sources. Sapphires occur naturally in a rainbow of colours, including much rarer pinks and yellows but the most common is blue with the colour being created by var…

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