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Now that 2022 is behind us, we look forward to an exciting 2023, when Sheffield Assay Office will celebrate 250 years of protecting the consumer.

We have been delighted to join forces with the British Hallmarking Council to promote the first year of the HALO Awards - an initiative designed to help raise awareness of the importance of hallmarking and online consumer protection. The inaugural winners were recently announced at a special event earlier this month, read on for all the details...

The inaugural Award for promoting Hallmarking Awareness and Learning Online (HALO) was presented to the jubilant winners, Alex McMillan and Nathan Amery of jewellerybox.co.uk at a sell-out Benevolent Society Christmas Ball in Birmingham earlier this month.

Sheffield Assay Office are proud to be sponsoring The Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Competition in 2023. The awards promote excellence in design and craftmanship within the jewellery, goldsmithing and silversmithing industry and applications are now open!

The team here at Sheffield Assay Office would like to say thank you and farewell to Pam Liversidge and Chris Hudson, who are both retiring as members of our Executive Committee as well as The Guardians of the Standard of Wrought Plate.

Sheffield Assay Office was delighted to host the Striking Futures Event with the National Association of Jewellers on November 3rd. This is the first of it’s kind and aimed to bring together NAJ members and non members, students and staff from Sheffield Hallam University, as well as current and potential customers.

2023 will mark the 250th anniversary of the Sheffield Assay Office and what better way to mark this occasion than to highlight and promote the work of a few of our talented silversmiths and jewellers.

The annual Mary Parsons Charity service will take place on Tuesday 27th December at Sheffield Cathedral - we would love to see you there to help us give thanks to the silversmiths of the City.