Professional Jeweller

06/02/2025

Watches of Switzerland Official is on track to deliver its guidance for FY25, thanks to the encouraging performance of its pre-owned businesses and the strong performance of the Roberto Coin brand in North America.

WOS group is on track to deliver its FY25 guidance, owing to the strong performance of the pre-owned category and newly-acquired Roberto Coin

05/02/2025

As a trusted name in fine jewellery and timepieces, Rudell The Jewellers is continuing to enhance customer experience with the introduction of jewellery and watch repair services at its newly-opened Birmingham New Street store.

Expanding its offering, Rudell the Jewellers has introduced watch servicing and jewellery repairs at its newly-opened Birmingham New Street store

04/02/2025

A jeweller has spoken of his devastation at losing nearly £50,000 to a sophisticated scam in which fraudsters posed as Barclays Bank’s fraud department.

Scammers posed as Barclays Bank to steal nearly £50,000 from a long-established family-run jewellers

08/01/2025

Hamilton & Inches defies financial pressures in the market to post its second highest year of sales in the retailer’s history.

Hamilton & Inches defies financial pressures in the market to post its second highest year of sales in the retailer’s history

07/01/2025

“Industry infighting has hurt consumer confidence in jewellery," warns World Jewellery Confederation - CIBJO president Gaetano Cavalieri.

CIBJO president Gaetano Cavalieri warns of the negative impact that lab-grown diamond marketing strategies have had on consumer confidence in jewellery in general

18/12/2024

Rudell The Jewellers celebrates the launch of its annual catalogue with an exclusive two-night event at its newly-opened showroom on Birmingham's New Street.

Rudell the Jewellers celebrated the launch of its annual catalogue with an exclusive two-night event at its new Birmingham showroom on New Street

06/12/2024

Today's the day! The winners and highly commended in PJ's Collections of the Year have been announced.

Congratulations to all of the brands featured in this edition. We saw so many exceptional collections in 2024 and we're proud to be able to honour the most successful ranges every year.

Explore the full list online or in our December print edition.

Professional Jeweller invites you to discover the most triumphant jewellery collections of the year, as voted for by the public

03/12/2024

Mehdi Saadian, director or the GIA London campus, has been appointed as the new vice chair of National Association of Jewellers

Mehdi Saadian, director or the GIA London campus, has been appointed as the new vice chair of the National Association of Jewellers (NAJ)

20/11/2024

81 of the biggest names in retail have penned an open letter to Rachel Reeves to warn of serious “economic consequences” following budget.

British Retail Consortium

https://www.professionaljeweller.com/retail-chiefs-warn-of-inevitable-job-losses-following-autumn-budget/

18/11/2024

Mark Adlestone, chairman of Beaverbrooks the Jewellers Group has been awarded the Best Companies Lifetime Recognition Award 2024 for his outstanding commitment to the workplace over his career.

Mark Adlestone has been awarded the Best Companies Lifetime Recognition Award 2024 for his outstanding commitment to the workplace over his career

15/11/2024

Voting closes TONIGHT for our Collections of the Year 2024!

Tell us your favourite ranges from this year before midnight.

You have until midnight to vote for your favourites to win PJ's 2024 Collections of the Year

14/11/2024

The top lot at Sotheby's Royal and Noble sale, an historically important 18th century diamond necklace with possible ties to Marie Antoinette's Affair of the Necklace, fetched nearly £4m yesterday after a seven minute bidding battle.

The top lot at Sotheby’s Royal and Noble sale fetched twice its low estimate following a seven minute bidding battle

13/11/2024

The finalists in our 2024 edition of Collections of the Year have been announced and you have just over 48 hours to vote for your favourite collections from the last year.

https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/Be0ohW

Voting closes at midnight on Friday 15 November.

Explore all of the shortlisted collections on the Professional Jeweller website.

Your response would be greatly appreciated.

11/11/2024

Chisholm Hunter has presented a £10k cheque to Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus (SBH) Scotland following a charity zipslide in September.

The luxury jewellery retailer raised the vital funds for Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus (SBH) Scotland through a sponsored zipslide

08/11/2024

“He was a man of many talents – charming, endlessly curious, and truly passionate about gemstones and jewellery.”

Anthony Hirsh, founder of Hirsh London, unexpectedly passes away.

“He was a man of many talents – charming, endlessly curious, and truly passionate about gemstones and jewellery”

04/11/2024

Bradleys Jewellers York welcomed guests to North Yorkshire stately home Castle Howard for a festive black-tie event this weekend, celebrating the luxury independent's ongoing partnership with the House of Fabergé.

Luxury independent Bradley’s Jewellers welcomed guests to the North Yorkshire stately home for a festive black-tie event this weekend

30/10/2024

Delivering the Autumn Budget 2024, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced 40% relief on business rates for the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors to help high streets and drive economic growth.

However, businesses will still face significant costs with employer National Insurance contributions rising to 15% to support a £40b rise in taxes.

The chancellor stated that these decisions factored into a "long-term modern industrial strategy" which will create "an economy that is growing"

29/10/2024

Has your business launched a new collection in 2024? Have you seen exceptional success with one of your jewellery ranges? If the answer is 'yes', then we want to hear from you!

Professional Jeweller is once again celebrating the bestselling ranges of 2024 with our annual Collections of the Year. We want to celebrate those collections that have exceeded expectations in terms of design, quality, and sales. We've extended the deadline to Sunday 3 November - so don't miss your chance to nominate for Collections of the Year 2024.

The 2024 nominations process for Professional Jeweller’s Collections of the Year has been extended to Sunday 3 November