AnchorCert Analytical News

Introducing AnchorCert Group Since 1773, Assay Office Birmingham has been dedicated to a core mission: protecting the consumer and serving the trade with integrity, innovation and independence. It’s what we do. As our clients needs have grown and diversified, so have we. Today, we are trading as the ANCHORCERT GROUP, which incorporates Assay Office Birmingham (assaying, hallmarking, laser-marking), AnchorCert Analytical (melt & assay, consumer product safety testing, q…

BREXIT BUSINESS BENEFITS: How are you exploiting post-Brexit opportunities? WHAT’S YOUR SCRAP WORTH? Whether you were in, out or shook it all about, we’re all working in a climate of uncertainty and opportunities. And whilst we may not be able to see into the future, we can ensure that our businesses exploit any available commercial prospects that presents itself over the coming weeks. As precious metal prices continue to climb, so of course, does the worth of your scrap metal. …

City of Hull Trading Standards wins Touchstone Award 2016 City of Hull Trading Standards has won the British Hallmarking Council’s Touchstone Award 2016, with judges praising the organisation’s commitment to hallmarking enforcement and raising consumer awareness. The annual Touchstone Award is presented by the British Hallmarking Council (BHC) and is funded entirely by the four UK Assay Offices. The Award was launched in 2012 to encourage education and enforcement of hallmarking an…

New lead changes are guaranteed to get the lead out of your paints… and everything else. We all remember the significant reductions of Lead in consumer products, whether that was the change to lead in paints or the removal of the additive in fuel. So, it may surprise the general public if they were aware of the many and varied applications of lead, across their fashion jewellery, clothes and homeware products. Lead continues to be used in consumer product manufacture for its abili…