Astrid & Miyu founder, Connie Nam, has decided to run a complimentary mentorship program for small businesses that have been affected by COVID-19. This will initially be a three-month program but could be extended subject to the environment. Nam will firstly select three people who she thinks may be able to benefit the most, but […]

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Independent jeweller, HJ Richards, will be closing down after more than 120 years trading in Burton. The boss of the family-run business, which is now in its third generation, has taken the “difficult decision” to close. Talking to the local press, Burton Live, owner of the store Andrew Richards says trading has become “very difficult.” […]

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Signet’s e-tail platform, James Allen, has started offering laboratory-grown diamonds, becoming the firm’s first entity to do so. According to American trade publication JCK, the site, which is owned by the same company as H Samuel and Ernest Jones in the UK, started selling lab-grown diamonds yesterday. The publication reports Oded Edelman, the president of […]

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International Jewellery London has announced the six winning designers named as the 2019 IJL KickStarters. All six will exhibit under the KickStart umbrella at this year’s show and will benefit from marketing support from IJL and co-sponsors, The National Association of Jewellers, to assist they grow into businesses. The six selected designers now have access […]

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The artist was debilitated throughout her life by a spinal injury, and heaping on trinkets was a way of arming herself against pain. She’s been tagged the original influencer, her familiar unibrow, coiled braid and hoops showing up on key rings, coffee mugs, dish towels, and dinner plates. Even a Barbie has been cast in […]

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Not that you need a reason to sport an emerald, but there’s a holiday coming up this weekend for which the gemstone couldn’t be a better fit. Short of wearing a shamrock talisman, what could be more appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day than the rich green hues of May’s birthstone? We particularly love this sugarloaf […]

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Mumbai: Renowned jeweller and artist Rajiv Popley unveiled a platinum jewellery collection inspired by his own collection of paintings. A curated collection that can never be made twice, all originals in rare and precious – Platinum. Deeply inspired by Salvador Dali, his newest series of oil on canvas models surrealism at its core immersing a […]

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NEW DELHI: In a relief to buyers of high-value cars and jewellery, the CBIC has said that the TCS amount would be excluded from the value of goods for computing GST liability. Under the Income Tax Act, tax collection at source (TCS) is levied at 1 percent on the purchase of motor vehicles above Rs […]

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At the 2019 Oscars, Lady Gaga wore a necklace featuring a 128.54-carat, 141-year old “Tiffany diamond”, dubbed “one of the largest yellow diamonds in the world.” It is reportedly worth over $30 million. Audrey Hepburn was the last lady to wear the incredible, yellow, cushion-cut diamond it back in 1962 for publicity posters for Breakfast […]

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Luxury jewellery shop, The Crop, has opened its doors in the North Laine area of Brighton with the support of a five-figure funding package from NatWest. Entrepreneur and jeweller Kerry Huff has used £50,000 of finance from NatWest, alongside a personal investment of more than £150,000 to acquire a 10-year lease for the Sydney Street […]

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