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The Analytical Services division of Sheffield Assay Office has successfully doubled its capacity for carbon and sulphur testing by investing in additional analyser equipment.

On Thursday the 10th of October, many of our colleagues from the industry congregated at the Macdonald Burlington Hotel in Birmingham to celebrate the National Association of Jewellers Awards.

How the Sheffield Assay Office team of fundraisers turned £50 into £2551 for the Master Cutler's Challenge.

On Thursday 3rd October, Sheffield Assay Office CEO and Assay Master, Ashley Carson, was delighted to present five prizes to graduating students from the Sheffield Hallam University MA Jewellery and Metalwork course, when examples of the excellent work of the MA students was showcased.

Applications for the Hallmarking Awareness and Learning Online (HALO) Award 2024 close on Sunday 6th October 2024.

We have recently been informed about some essential carriageway works being carried out in the Hatton Garden area as part of Camden’s ongoing improvement programme. Please read on for full details.

Orders are now being taken for the new paperback edition of the Bradbury’s Book of hallmarks, with special limited-edition hardback and paperback editions now all in stock.

Sheffield Assay Office is proud to support the Sheffield Cathedral Junior Organ Scholarships, designed to help raise a new generation of organists in Sheffield, with high level experience in a Cathedral Setting. Here, ​Cathedral Organist and Director of Keyboard Studies, James Mitchell sets out his report from 2023/24.