AnchorCert Analytical News

The Birmingham Assay office want to ensure you receive the service you require during this crucial trading period. The Birmingham Assay Office, AnchorCert Gemmological Office and SafeGuard Jewellery, Watch & Silverware Valuation Service will be working until 1.00pm on Monday 24th December and The Laboratory will be working until 12 Noon on Friday 21st December. All Divisions of The Birmingham Assay Office will reopen after the Christmas Break on Wednesday 2nd January 2013. Click here or t…

Only 4 places left on the last general public visit to the private silver collection at The Birmingham Assay Office this year.  Tickets are for Thursday 6th December and the visit starts at 11.00 am.  £12 per place.  To book call 0871 871 6020 or email silver@theassayoffice.co.uk  It's a really good start to the Christmas festivities and there is even a wonderful gift shop selling silver items all made here in Birmingham.

The jewellery trade faces many challenges. Not least among these is the need to train a new generation of highly skilled workers. How the requisite training can be delivered has been the subject of extensive discussions over a long period. However the hard work has finally born fruit. A training scheme has now been created.