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2022 is proving a big year for UK Hallmarking as Assay Offices report an enthusiastic take-up of the additional Platinum Jubilee Hallmark and continue to promote the new HALO (Hallmarking Awareness and Learning Online) Award!

As we feel ourselves and our lives returning to normal, and hopefully being able to put the pandemic behind us, there is much speculation as to what may happen next in the jewellery industry. What do industry experts believe will be important in the coming years?

For three days in early July, our Librarian, Curator and Archivist Emma Paragreen joined 70 delegates from the UK at the University of Exeter for the Associations for Contemporary Jewellers 25th Anniversary Conference.

As the discussion around lab grown diamonds continues, it's important that those involved in selling diamonds are aware of their options when it comes to confirming the authenticity of their stones. 

Goldsmiths North 2022 and Sheffield Assay Office were delighted to celebrate another successful year of the contemporary Silverware and Jewellery selling Fair at Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield.

We are delighted to announce that the Mary Parsons Charity has been successful in applying for a grant from the Cutlers Company.

Due to major security concerns within the East London area, it is with regret that we have found it necessary to temporarily suspend the Collection and Delivery Service until further notice.

To celebrate the milestone event that was The Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the Sheffield Assay Office team sent Her Majesty a gift to mark the occasion, accompanied by a letter form the Assay Master, Ashley Carson.