31st August 2022 By Ruth Faulkner
The collections, products and services you can expect at this year’s UK Jewellery Festival Trade Event, which takes place tomorrow (1 September) at the Hilton London Metropole.
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Headline partner of this year’s UK Jewellery Festival, the Betts Group is the UK’s oldest precious metal business. Founded by Alexander Betts at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in 1760, the Betts Group has been refining and recycling precious metals for over a quarter of a millennium. Charlie Betts represents the ninth consecutive generation of the family to manage the business. Whilst the Betts Group has evolved over the years, its commitment to quality and service remains constant.
The Betts Group is the only supplier of Single Mine Origin (SMO) gold to the jewellery trade. All its rings and manufactured gold products are made using SMO, so you and your customers can be sure that they have been responsibly sourced, with no ties to conflict. SMO strives to ensure that mining communities benefit from initiatives including education, healthcare, and safe drinking water.
The company’s British-made wedding ring offering is unique, and its wedding ring sample box presents the Betts Group's range of wedding ring bands in an elegant display case. It offers jewellery customers a clear overview of their choices and simplifies the ordering process for retail staff.
Thanks to the skills of its team in the UK, the Betts Group can manufacture a range of precious metal investment products including bars and coins in-house. Its trade counter in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter also provides a complete service proposition to the manufacturing jeweller by offering a wide range of bullion and jewellery supplies. The Betts Group offers jewellery findings, sheet, wire, tube, grain, and wedding ring blanks in gold, silver, and platinum, as well as jewellers’ tools which are available from stock.
The company is also the exclusive UK distributor of the Lampert PUK 6 precision welder. This new and innovative design offers many benefits including one hand operation, improved screen resolution, and a quicker welding sequence. The PUK 6 also operates on minimum energy consumption and has environmentally friendly packaging.
Email: sales@bettsinvestments.co.uk
Website: https://www.bettsmetals.com/
Studex is excited to be exhibiting at its first UK Jewellery Festival. The company offers businesses, not only technologically advanced and safe systems, but also onsite training and a portfolio of marketing assets. Studex is also incredibly proud to showcase its Advanced Aftercare solution which has proven a gamechanger in the piercing process. Studex’s UK operation boasts a wealth of experience and knowledge of the piercing industry to offer its partners the confidence and means to launch and sustain a profitable service and enhance the experience they bring to clients. The business says it loves to help its customers make a real celebration of a new piercing, whatever the occasion and has a national team on hand to train and guide them. Studex will be showcasing and offering demonstrations on System 75 - the ultimate method for professional ear piercing with a “touch free” process highlighting safety, hygiene and ease of use. With an extensive choice of jewellery including 18ct, 14ct and 9ct Gold, Titanium, 24ct Gold Plated and Stainless Steel, Studex can help customers make the best range choice and personalise marketing. An FDA medical grade device, System 75 supplies two instruments for a simultaneous and smoother piercing process. The business will also have the Medisept Nose Piercer at the Festival. A safe, alternative to needle piercing, the Medisept Nose Piercer is a one piece, fully disposable cartridge with sterilised, Titanium jewellery. When it comes to aftercare, Studex ADVANCED is anti-microbial; cleaning, soothing and protecting new piercings while remaining skin safe. Dermatologically tested, customers can change their earrings in as little as three weeks.
Email: studex@studexuk.co.uk
Over the past year fine jewellery supplier Ntinga has been working hard on launching a running line catalogue with beautiful collections of gemstone jewellery. At the UK Jewellery Festival, the supplier will be showcasing its full collections with some new additions and highlight pieces. All of Ntinga’s running lines are available in a range of coloured stones and calibrated sizes. Ntinga has received a great response to its catalogue, which combines lifestyle images showing how jewellery can be styled and worn with clear product. The catalogue is complimented by HD images which are available to all stockists. Alongside its core pieces Ntinga will showcase some amazing new bespoke one-off pieces including the beautiful colours of Green Tanzanite and Green Tourmaline, which are hand designed and made. The company likes to source unique cuts of gemstone for AW22 these will include new rose cut slices and laser cut gemstones.
Email: info@ntinga.co.uk
Website: www.ntinga.co.uk
Italian fine jewellery brand Ferretti prides itself on its diamond jewellery. Founded 50 years by Romano Ferretti, today Ferretti jewellery is still manufactured across Italy in Modena, Valenza and Vicenza. Specialising in the production of diamond tennis bracelets, Ferretti draws on the expertise and manual skills of Italian goldsmiths to produce jewellery which is made with unmistakeable craftsmanship and quality. Ferretti tennis bracelets are always in stock with various types of diamond quality available. Ferretti's Evolution collection, features settings designed to make the diamonds look larger than their real size. Made from 18ct Italian gold, available stones include natural white and black diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. The company also produces rings and pendants in addition to its iconic tennis bracelets.
Georgia Wang is a designer jewellery brand, established in London, and featuring nature-themed silver pieces. For the UK Jewellery Festival, the brand will present four collections of jewellery. Wang’s first jewellery collection, Burial of Rose, was launched in 2020 during the pandemic, which the eponymous designer describes as a “really difficult time” for her. In 2020, there was almost no business and no way to get the brand out there through events, shows. However, Wang persisted and thanks to this persistence combined with friends and family support and word of mouth, her jewellery became known for its good quality. As the brand emerged from the pandemic business begun to grow, with retailer orders, bespoke commissions and personal requests. Wang’s second collection, Quintessence, was released in May 2021 followed by the Redamancy series released in March 2022. Inspired by the language of the cotton flower and this collection is designed to remind people to cherish those around you and cherish the happiness in front of you.
Website: https://www.georgiawang.com/
Raw Pearls is a UK-based fine pearl jewellery supplier focused solely on the UK market. A Finalist at this year’s UK Jewellery Awards, the business says its aim to make your pearl business more profitable.
The company’s brand-new brochure will be available for collection at the show. Investing in the ‘right’ stock is key, and this updated brochure provides retailers with a comprehensive snapshot of the Raw Pearls’ range. Included are the businesses’ core pearl lines, items that are regularly repeat ordered by its customers, and some newer items, introduced as a result of customer feedback. Described by Raw Pearls as a ‘go-to’ book for creating or updating your pearl range, the brochure provides a comprehensive starting-point for customer enquiries. The latest edition also provides Raw Pearl’s broadest range yet, and most items are to scale on the page making it its most user-friendly brochure yet. Raw Pearls also provides full support for the pearl jewellery category including high quality imagery for retailer’s digital marketing activities, and training to ensure staff are well equipped to sell the product. Raw Pearls says it is looking forward to meeting retailers at the show.
Green Rocks Created Diamonds will be show casing a large selection of loose certified laboratory grown diamonds and finished jewellery at the UK Jewellery Festival.
Our team of experts will be on hand all day to talk you through why laboratory grown diamonds need to be a part of your everyday business. With more than 75 years combined experience between the team in the diamond industry and market leaders in the UK & Europe with a wealth of experience on how to help jewellers integrate laboratory grown diamonds into their natural diamond selection.
Based in Hamburg, Germany and founded in 2018, Sternglas is fast becoming a recognised name in the watch world. Featuring designs which endure beyond trends and crafted using workmanship able to withstand almost anything, the timepieces focus on the essentials without neglecting the details. Sternglas watches are said to offer the wearer the highest quality standards at a fair price and the brand says it is excited to pursue opportunities in the UK market as the watches feature an aesthetic which it believes will appeal to UK consumers. All watches in the Sternglas range are equipped with sapphire glass, a screwed back, a quick release strap and are water resistant 5-10ATM. Retail prices range from £139 to £399.
Email: info@ticktockdepot.co.uk
Website: www.ticktockdepot.co.uk
Atlas describes itself as style with substance: a commitment to reducing disposability and a return to authentic expression. According to the brand, every collection is designed to inspire purpose and meaning. At its very core, Atlas stands for creating authentic connections through jewellery that tells a uniquely personal story and lasts a lifetime. This core value drives its jewellery concepts, design decisions, company culture, external communications, and customer service. Atlas Accessories has always favoured quality over quantity. Ethically and sustainably sourced through its fair-trade network of small and family run artisans, Atlas uses tactile raw organic materials rich with symbolism and a historical provenance of durability and meaning. Symbolism helps the brand to connect to meaning and memory and each piece is designed to empower authentic expression and grant permanence and substance to the wearer’s personal story.Its tribal leathers, organic gemstones, plant fibre and recycled precious metals are individually hand cut, carved and polished in small batches using traditional methods and an attention to detail that ensures each piece lasts a lifetime.
Pollards International, est. 1895, and Talbots Group, est. 1913, are both widely respected jewellery packaging brands with long standing histories full of tradition and craftsmanship. Now, in the Autumn of 2022 these historic companies have merged to become Pollards and Talbots. This will enable the business to offer a much broader and more eco conscious range of products. The newly merged Pollards and Talbots will be launching its new packaging collections at the UK Jewellery Festival 2022. Along with its exciting jewellery packaging products available, the new Pollards & Talbots catalogue will also be making its debut at the Festival. This catalogue will detail the carefully curated five distinct capsule collections on offer: Sustain, Premier, Luxury, Wood and Accessories.
Pollards & Talbots will be putting a sustainability ethos at the core of the business. The new sustain range will champion the collections in line with this ethos. Sustain, made from recycled card, solvents, cottons and rPET – a material created essentially from recycled plastic products. This sustainability focus is hugely benefitted and supported by the same progressive values of the company’s independently owned, parent business Millmead Optical Group.
Email peter.cronin@millmeadopticalgroup.com
Website https://www.pollardsandtalbots.co.uk/
Dialog is the world’s first subscription service for diamond retailers to merchandise their loose diamond inventory. Originally launched in November of 2020, Dialog is now in over 100 doors in Canada, the US, Australia, the UK and Ireland. The team at Dialog works with each retailer to curate a perfect merchandise selection from the Dialog platform. Diamonds selected are then shipped to the store the very next day and can remain there indefinitely. The diamonds are always in the retailer’s store. The only cost is a monthly subscription fee. With subscription services like Netflix and Spotify in your life, would you ever go back to buying a movie or CD? The team at Dialog don’t think so and created Dialog to provide jewellers a modern alternative to traditional diamond sourcing. The retailer does not pay for the diamond unless it sells and if an item is not turning, they can exchange it for another, like a library for diamonds. Plus, as soon as retailer reports the sale on the Dialog platform, a similar replacement diamond can be shipped to their store the very next day.
Dialog will soon also be releasing jewellery on to its platform for retailers to have access to and is looking forward to sharing more information about this at the UK Jewellery Festival.
NBDiamonds is looking forward to showcasing Heritage, Bridal and cocktail collections along with a variety of special diamonds at the UK Jewellery Festival. The company has an extensive collection of ready-made jewellery pieces from classic and traditional styles to more contemporary, new designs. As a family run diamond and jewellery business with over 15 years’ experience, NBDiamonds offers clients a range of opportunities, products and services. Specialising in new on-trend diamond jewellery products at the right price points, the business has also expanded its commercial non-certified diamond ranges and have focused on fancy shaped certified diamonds. NBDiamonds offers you a wide range of specialist services, including full jewellery ranges comprising eternities, three-stone rings, earrings, pendants, bracelets, dress rings and solitaires, gemstone sourcing including sapphires, emeralds, rubies and aquamarines in various qualities, a range of semi-set mounts, repairs, sizing and alterations to jewellery, loose diamonds ranging in sizes, certified diamonds in all shapes up to 2ct, sourcing of specific certified diamond requests, calibrated sizes in jobbing stones, a selection of natural and treated coloured diamonds, a fulfilment service for specific orders and requests and an approbation service. The business is also able to create bespoke items from concept to customer. This includes complimentary CAD images for every bespoke purchase. Having an in-house workshop means NBDiamonds can offer a repair, setting and maintenance service for its clients, once again including the supply of any stones required to complete the job.
Email: sales@nbdiamonds.co.uk
Website: www.nbdiamonds.co.uk
Returning to the UK Jewellery Festival this year designer jeweller Shaun Leane will be showcasing its Rose Thorn and Black Thorn collections alongside some iconic key styles such as the designer’s famous Hook collection. Fusing traditional goldsmithing with avant garde design, Shaun Leane’s pieces embody modern designer jewellery. Evocative in both design and symbolism the brand’s Rose Thorn collection features thorn laden stems which are perfectly proportioned and precisely pointing to show both strength and fragility. Meanwhile, the Black Thorn collection features the same recognisable thorns crafted in Black Rhodium, including the likes of the Black Rhodium Thorn Cuff for a statement and architectural look. Honoured with the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award at last year’s UK Jewellery Awards, Shaun Leane is stocked in some of this country’s leading department stores, boutiques, and premium independent jewellers.
Sweet Marie Jewellery is a vintage inspired boutique collection of jewellery with a rock and roll edge, founded by Melissa O'Brien following a degree in Fashion and Textile Design and over 20 years’ in the Fine Jewellery and Watches industry in London. Trading since March 2021, the brand has been sold through the Sweet Marie website, online and in store at Wolf & Badger, in various in person events and pops ups, and is about to launch in a number of independents in the UK by September. Designed and conceived in O’Brien’s London studio, the pieces are made by the talented crafts people of Jaipur, the centre of jewellery making in India. Natural diamonds and seed pearls are accentuated with ruby, sapphire and turquoise highlights and are all set in 14ct gold vermeil. Inspired by Victorian jewellery emblems and a tattoo aesthetic, the boutique collection currently comprises of 24 pieces. A stylist’s favourite, pieces from the collection have been chosen and worn by pop stars Ella Henderson in global megastar David Guetta’s latest video, and by Becky Hill during her opening performance on ITV’s Queen’s Jubilee Concert in June.
DeGrey & Mason is a new and unique coloured gemstone jewellery brand launching in the UK for AW22. The brand is run by a small, passionate team who bring together experience of working within an international community of artisans to create extraordinary collections of ethically crafted jewellery. The business controls the whole process from gem sourcing and cutting to manufacturing in workshops using fine jewellery techniques. The brand’s vision is to target emerging consumers in a new affordable luxury marketplace, where retail prices of between £99 and £899 are well placed to give self-purchasing customers and more affluent gift purchasers an exciting new option. All DeGrey & Mason’s collections are designed with a particular niche consumer in mind. Launching with five collections the brand says it is confident that it has something to add to a retailer’s existing portfolio. DeGrey & Mason is looking for a small number of retail partners who can see the potential in the brand and would like to be part of its journey into the UK marketplace. The team’s experience in the jewellery industry has allowed it to keep material and manufacturing costs relatively low and it says it can offer a number of very attractive solutions to enable retailers to become a DeGrey & Mason stockist and make excellent margins.
At this year’s UK Jewellery Festival, award-winning fine jewellery supplier and casting specialist Hockley Mint will unveil its new You & Iâ bridal and wedding day jewellery collection. Composed of 52 pieces, the comprehensive offering reflects the past, present and future of the bridal jewellery market and incorporates revitalised designs from the business’ archives, as well as contemporary best-sellers and new pieces that are targeted at diverse and modern couples. These pieces are accompanied by matching pendant and earring sets. Elsewhere, Hockley Mint has returned to its archives to refresh popular designs from across its 70 years in business. Pieces that have been revitalised for a new generation of bridal customers include a seven-stone marquise-shaped diamond ring and a series of men’s hardstone signet rings. The You & Iâ collection was designed and developed at Hockley Mint’s facilities in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. Pieces are to be manufactured on-site in all precious metals, including Fairtrade Gold, and set with the retailer’s choice of natural diamonds, coloured gemstones, and laboratory-grown diamonds in a range of fancy cuts, qualities and carat weights. The You & Iâ collection and the new Hockley Mint brochure are available in time for the busy Christmas sales period.
Email: sales@hockleymint.co.uk
Website: www.hockleymint.co.uk
At Stackers, jewellery storage is at the heart of everything the brand does, pairing functionality with beautiful designs to create unique, innovative products. A team of in-house designers consider every detail when creating products to suit the needs of jewellery collectors. Each product is designed to offer customers a unique and luxurious jewellery storage solution at an affordable price. Stackers’ parent company, LC Designs, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2022 and the business is very proud to be a long-standing British brand which is now in its 4th generation of the family. Stackers offers customers a range of jewellery and watch storage solutions including stackable jewellery boxes which provide a home for every jewellery collection, with versatile layers, travel jewellery boxes including everything from jewellery rolls to zipped jewellery boxes and watch storage with watch boxes carefully created to provide a safe home for watches to keep them dust and scratch-free.
Email: jadeeharris@lc-designs.co.uk
With the singular vision to create timeless watches for the modern world, Rotary is an award-winning watch brand. Proud of its heritage, Rotary is forever inspired by a commitment to watchmaking excellence since its inception in Switzerland in 1895. Rotary says it is thrilled to be a part of UK Jewellery Festival Trade Event 2022 and will showcase an edit of its core watch ranges which will include a new family called Commando, as well as the Kensington, Seamatic, Avenger, Oxford and Ultra Slim collections. In addition to this the brand will reveal the second iteration of its Charity partnership watch with Prostate Cancer UK. Safeguarding traditions that make watchmaking unique, Rotary preserves and passes its qualities and special watches on to the next generation.
Email: Sergio.alberti@rotarywatches.com
Arne Jacobsen, a legendary designer since 1939, is undoubtedly one of Denmark’s most prominent architects and is internationally recognised for his marvellous buildings and design – including his clocks and watches. His architecture is still admired worldwide and many of his products are still being produced. His design caused a stir everywhere and the magic is that it still does so. Presented by Copenhagen Watch Group, the range of Arne Jacobsen wristwatches and iconic wall clocks epitomises timeless design. The clocks and watches are recreated entirely faithfully to Jacobsen’s original drawings. The unique designs were created over his long, incredibly prolific and artistically unique career as an architect and designer. At the UK Jewellery Festival Copenhagen Watch Group will present some of Arne Jacobsen’s most iconic watch designs including Bankers, based on the Jacobsen’s design for the Danish national bank and the City Hall Oxford Blue.
PICTO has been a Danish design icon since 1984 and is a small piece of Danish design history created by two young hippies, Steen Georg Christensen and Erling Andersen. These two designers were so visionary that they wanted to challenge the traditional way of perceiving time. In a time when everyone was busy talking about ‘time is money’ and ‘every minute counts’, the two creators went in the diametrically opposite direction. With PICTO you are encouraged to set your own agenda. Here, the day is not divided into minutes and seconds. It is rather an indication of time. This is how the idea for a highly minimalistic watch occurred – with only one hand and a clean dial. Actually, PICTO is the world’s first wristwatch that displays the time as a pictogram – or an icon of time in perpetual motion. The hour is indicated by a dot on the rotating dial, while a conventional hand indicates the minutes. Also brought to the UK Jewellery Festival by Copenhagen Watch Group, PICTO will present a range of its collections including its newly launched Ocean Ghost Net, made from upcycled ‑ shing nets, which provides an interesting talking point and story to tell customers.
Website: https://pictowatches.com/pw_gpb_en/
ORA Pearls is a British luxury pearl jewellery brand with a flagship store in Chelsea, London. Founder, Bibi Southwell, is a pearl expert and jeweller who has spent over 15 years sourcing and developing relationships with pearl farming communities and suppliers all over the world. Southwell’s focus on fresh, minimalist and elegant design achieves the perfect balance between modern and classic pearl jewellery. ORA is a dedicated pearl brand led by a specialist in the field with a comprehensive offering of stunning designs and competitive price range. The brand’s onsite studio, where all items are made, has helped develop ORA’s bespoke service which is popular among its trade clients who often receive specific pearl related requests from their own customers. The business also has a vast inventory of pearl stock which allows it to accommodate most requirements. At the UK Jewellery Festival, ORA will be showing a wide variety of pieces including its newest AETIA and AEQUIA Collections featuring chunky link chains and large pearl pendants, along with more delicate duo and trio set pearls.
Hayes & Lake, which launched in March this year, is a laboratory-grown diamond jewellery brand from the managing director of online diamond trading platform Diamnet, Howard Levine. Levine witnessed huge growth in laboratory-grown stones via Diament, prompting him to launch his own brand of laboratory-grown diamond jewellery, pairing his previous experience creating diamond jewellery for fine jewellery manufacturer Chalfen of London with his connections in the laboratory-grown diamond market. Diamnet’s links with laboratories enable Hayes & Lake to offer a comprehensive range of stock at the best prices in the UK. Hayes & Lake offers jewellers a selection of engagement rings, from solitaire to trilogy rings, as well as earrings, pendants and tennis bracelets – all made from laboratory-grown diamonds, graded by either IGI or WGI. Each piece of jewellery includes an authenticity card which explains how the stones are created. The brand comes with a full complement of collateral including packaging such as branded gift bags, ring and pendant boxes, as well as window displays, boxes and instore trays alongside a website with a stockist finder.
Website: www.hayesandlake.co.uk
Joias will be showing its new collection of natural coloured gemstones, which are all hand selected, mostly from small family cutters and suppliers overseas. Joias says it enjoys curating these beautiful gems for jewellers, so they can create unique pieces for their clients. The range includes sapphires in blue, pink, teal and champagne, along with rubies, emeralds, aquamarines, tourmalines, opals, amethysts and peridots. There is an extensive range of smaller-sized gems at great prices that are exquisite in their colour and quality, helping you to create unique and affordable jewellery.
Crystal Myths is a Gemstone dealer & Gem Cutting service provider (Lapidary) based in Hatton Garden, London and is very excited to be exhibiting at the UK Jewellery Festival showcasing its latest stock of fine gemstones, including Sapphires, Rubies and other precious and semi-precious gemstones. The business has been trading in Hatton Garden for over 10 years now and is looking to expand its clientele and meet new faces. Its managing director and inhouse chief lapidarist Kaneel is an awarded Advanced Cutter by the United Kingdom Faceters Guild and is well known for his quality and precise work in Hatton Garden. The business is also proud members of The National Association of Jewellers and personally sources all of its stones directly from Sri-Lanka and close contacts and cut them in our workshop in Hatton Garden and offer them to the trade at fair prices compared to the current market rates. Crystal Myths’ lapidary services include gemstone cutting, faceting, polishing, repairing chipped or damaged stones, gemstones cut to certain specifications, improving Bad and old cut stones with very little wastage to increase value and many other services. The business also designs modern fancy cuts and calibrated and non-calibrated sizes.
Email: info@crystalmyths.co.uk
Web: www.crystalmyths.co.uk
Nivoda provides jewellery businesses with a simple solution to strengthen profits, increase efficiency and accelerate growth with its B2B diamond marketplace. Designed to save you time and money whilst giving you access to the world’s diamond supply at the best prices with zero inventory risk, Nivoda is trusted by thousands of retailers all over the globe. Not only can Nivoda help you source diamonds with the most competitive prices from top suppliers but it also solves the logistical inconvenience and additional expense that most businesses face when purchasing diamonds internationally. Leave it to Nivoda to tend to the entire quality control, invoice and delivery process. With powerful tools and features designed by the experts, businesses are guaranteed to increase efficiency and make the diamond purchasing process that little bit easier. Since Nivoda’s inception in 2017, it has made it its mission to provide the trusted marketplace for the jewellery industry. With a global team of over 150 people and a wealth of experience in the industry, the business has developed a solution that enables jewellery businesses of any size, in any location, to buy and sell diamonds in the most profitable, efficient and hassle-free way.
Bespoke jewellery manufacturer Artisan, which is based in Hatton Garden, launched in May and has already reported a resounding success during its first few months in business. According to Artisan, by far its most popular service to date has been its 24hour CAD facility, where trade customers can upload their design request via the website and receive their quote and CAD design by WhatsApp and email within just 24 hours. Other services, which the business said have seen excellent growth, are its mount and semi-set ranges, alongside diamond sales via Artisan’s live diamond feed from approved partners worldwide. Open seven days a week the business says its always available to chat via WhatsApp, email or over the phone, and says it will always be there to help and support retail businesses During the UK Jewellery Festival, Artisan will be offering a live CAD service. Simply visit the stand with your design idea and Artisan will start a CAD design while you wait and you will be able to see it happening live on the screen in front of you (limited number available due to time restraints).
Argentium aims to bring the Argentium Silver alloy and its benefits to a wider audience. Argentium Silver, patented as a brandof modern, tarnish-resistant silver alloys in 1998, eliminates firestain. Brighter and whiter than sterling silver, it is also hypoallergenic and antibacterial offering many positives for both jewellers and consumers alike. The metal is also fully recycled. Argentium is keen to extol the benefits of Argentium Silver within the trade, in the hope of appealing to jewellery designers and brands who might be interested in using what it describes as a “superior alloy”. In addition, Argentium also offers a range of jewellery made using Argentium Silver, known as Beyond, which incorporates new, fully recycled packaging that is all made in the UK.
Gisser Jewels will be showing its latest silver and gold collections in its unique tray concept at the UK Jewellery Festival. The Dutch brand has been around for a while, but really kicked things off earlier this year in the UK, with the opening of its (registered) office in Birmingham. Being a UK based company now, it can offer the right service and meet retailer’s expectations regarding incoming goods. With offices in Amsterdam, Hongkong and Verona the team is more than ready to take on the UK and Irish markets. Gisser boasts a commercial and stylish tray concept helps retailers to show and sell the silver and 9ct gold jewellery items very easily. All items are also priced and merchandised. The inhouse designed and produced jewels are already available at over 75 partners in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with a full shop-in-shop concept in place at one key retailer. The different lines are available in rhodium and gold-plated sterling silver. The 9ct gold line with zirconia has just been launched and Gisser says could be the perfect addition for Christmas.
Website: https://www.gisserjewels.com/
Celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, German jewellery brand Coeur de Lion will be showcasing a range of new collections at this year’s UK Jewellery Festival. Known for designs, such as the iconic Geocube®, the brand is instantly recognisable among its loyal customer base. Creating durable pieces of jewellery has always been at the heart of what the brand does, which is why it only uses carefully chosen materials such as colourful natural stones or genuine freshwater pearls. Nature’s beauty serves as the inspiration for the brand. The jewellery is produced locally by hand at the brand’s Stuttgart studio. This year, because the brand is celebrating its 35th anniversary, it has coined the slogan ‘35 years of jewellery handmade in Germany’.
Email: lucinda.brock@coeur.de
Goodman Bros is a family-owned distribution business originally established in 1909 with extensive expertise in both retail and wholesale in the United Kingdom and South Africa working with globally recognised brands. Now the company specialises in supplying market leading service and solution brands to retailers all over the United Kingdom and Ireland exclusively. The company aims to support its partners at every level via large stock holding, fast delivery, subsidised freight, staff training, personalised products, strategic marketing plans and bespoke marketing materials, staff incentives and promotional events. It does this through all of its brands.
Described as the Gold standard in jewellery and watch care, for generations professional jewellers have been using Connoisseurs products to clean jewellery and watches. Connoisseurs is renowned for its product innovation and has transformed the jewellery care industry with products such as the Jewellery Wipes and Diamond Dazzle Stik.
Featuring patented, British design and manufacture, Lox earring backs are designed to fit all types of earrings while locking and lifting earrings in place. Lox is hypo-allergenic, comfortable, safe, and secure. Unique hygiene and integrity seals allows retailers to offer the best service and close more jewellery sales.
Described as the most technologically advanced piercing system, Inverness is designed to pierce lobe, cartilage and nose and is trusted in over 70 countries worldwide.
The Company of Master Jewellers
The Company of Master Jewellers (CMJ) is an organisation established by independent retailers in 1980 – and still led by leading independent retailers today. The CMJ strives to ensure the independent watch and jewellery retail sector remains a competitive market by providing support and services specifically designed to enhance your business model and grow performance – without sacrificing any of your independence. As a CMJ retailer member, you maintain 100% of your independence. You can choose how much or how little of the CMJ’s support and suppliers you want to use. CMJ’s buying power ensures that independent retailers benefit from market-leading terms, greater levels of product availability, access to limited stock and exclusive product lines and deals. CMJ members also have exclusive access to top retail solutions, exclusive industry insight and unbeatable financial benefits. Being a member of CMJ reduces the effort retailers have to go to by researching the best brands and products – as well as critical service and operational providers such as insurance and security – on their behalf. CMJ also saves them time and hassle by providing one single point of invoicing and payment every month.
Email: Amber.Saunders@masterjewellers.co.uk
Website: www.masterjewellers.co.uk
Florina is a gold jewellery brand launched this year by Roxana Florina Popa, who has an MBA in luxury brand marketing and international cooperation. Popa revives gold treasures and reimagines them into new shapes. At the UK Jewellery Festival, Florina will showcase all four of its existing collections including Galaxy, Corporis, Lumina and, the most recent range, the Primordial collection. According to Popa, “Florina equips the wearer with the wearer with inspiration for life, faith in their regeneration power, and ultimately, with protection through beauty, aesthetics and life mystery”.
Zeemou Zeng, the multi award winning fine jeweller, will be showcasing a number of innovative and striking new pieces at the Festival this year. Known for creating dynamic jewellery with moving elements using coloured gemstones, his pieces combine chic contemporary style with traditional craftsmanship designed to stand the test of time Highlights include dangle earrings in 18ct gold with beautiful black onyx, which are new to the Melody collection. Meanwhile, Zeng’s Impressionists collection features three new pieces – a ring crafted in 18kct gold including the solid gold beads which move within the piece, a striking bangle in 18ct gold with black onyx and hoop earrings in 18ct gold and black onyx. All of Zeemou Zeng’s pieces can be commissioned in different metals and gemstones.
MG Diamonds Ltd was established in 2005 as diamond wholesalers. By 2008 the business was growing rapidly and was already supplying to over 300 retail shops around the country. This prompted the start of a new venture, when in late 2008, the business also moved into supplying pre-owned jewellery. MG Diamonds believed there was a gap in the market and a strong demand for it. MG Diamonds sells this jewellery for around 40% cheaper than the equivalent new pieces, which in turn offers the consumer the chance to buy cheaper jewellery too. MG Diamonds also carries a large range of new jewellery which includes popular items like tennis bracelets and necklaces, diamond studs, and eternity rings. The company manufactures these in-house enabling it to remain competitive on pricing.
The National Association of Jewellers
The NAJ is the leading voice for the UK Jewellery industry, shaping professional excellence for over 2,000 member companies employing more than 24,000 people. The NAJ represents the whole jewellery industry, from retailers and suppliers to designers and valuers. The organisation aims to protect, promote and prepare its members, providing peace of mind for both the business and its customers. With a range of tailored benefits to suit the needs of every membership type, the NAJ provides vital support where its members need it most. From a valuable second shop window as part of the Find a Jeweller directory to customer dispute mediation and national security alerts, we have the benefits to support every aspect of your jewellery business. The NAJ mark is recognised by consumers the length and breadth of the UK. All members abide by the association's Code of Conduct based on honesty, integrity and professionalism. The NAJ’s industry-recognised and nationally accredited education and training courses give your employees the skills and knowledge to thrive in the jewellery industry. From entry-level courses to management qualifications, the NAJ's JET programme is with you every step of the way on your staff's jewellery journey. Discover how the NAJ can help your business be legally compliant, profitable and responsible.
Email: membership@naj.co.uk
Website: www.naj.co.uk
London based jewellery designer Deborah Blyth began designing in 2004. Her passion for the arts and love of nature combined to influence her process, which finds beauty in imperfections. Blyth is known for her highly tactile, fluid pieces, she adores swimming and the restorative power of water, which is where her best ideas are born. Each piece of jewellery is created from start to finish within a small area of North London. Designs are hand crafted through the process of lost wax casting in her studio, and stone setting takes place nearby in Hatton Garden and she uses recycled silver and gold in all of the pieces. At the Festival Blyth will launch her new fine jewellery range, DB Fine. This comprises two collections crafted in 9ct recycled gold and using Ocean diamonds. These are the Ocean Diamond collection which uses raw diamonds, and the Nugget collection which includes pieces set with melee ocean diamonds. Blyth has collaborated with Cornwall’s Ocean Diamonds, specialists in sustainably sourced marine diamonds, to create the collection of raw diamond jewellery.
Danish fashion jewellery brand Sif Jakobs Jewellery will use the UK Jewellery Festival as an opportunity to showcase its AW collections, which are now available for wholesale orders. Described by the brand’s eponymous founder Sif Jakobs as a collection inspired by the “elegance, glamour and drama of France”, there are two ranges within the collection – Capizzi and Roccanova. The Capizzi range takes its inspiration from the Art Deco style that originated in France and is characterized by geometric forms. Meanwhile, the Roccanova collection is described as a tribute to French elegance and features statement emerald cubic zirconia stones in a tension setting. Eponymous founder and designer Sif Jakobs, says of the collections: “France has always fascinated me. I spend my summers in the south of France and I am so taken by their culture, lifestyle, and beautiful art. The French grow up with a sense of style and elegance that has always inspired me. It has a wealth of inspiration, and I have so many wonderful memories from this place, so it was time to dedicate a collection to this wonderful country.”
Established in 1973 and now spanning three generations, IBB is a family business specialising in the manufacture and distribution of precious metal jewellery. IBB commits to operating its business to the highest ethical standards. In this regard the business works to support and promote responsible, ethical, social, and environmental practices throughout the jewellery supply chain. All lines are kept in stock and can be ordered via IBB London’s B2B website for next day delivery. The company’s in-house graphics department can also assist with imagery as required.
Dimexon is the leading manufacturer of expertly calibrated natural melee diamonds and are the preferred partner to some of the world’s most exclusive watch and jewellery maisons. The group is renowned for its leading stance on ethical sourcing, and as a fully integrated supplier it can track all of its diamonds through the supply chain from mine to store. Dimexon primarily sources its natural rough diamonds through long-term contracts with major mining companies, namely De Beers and Rio Tinto. The diamond supplier has recently launched a pioneering digital offer: an e-commerce B2B website that allows the watch and jewellery industry to buy traceable and ethically crafted melee diamonds online, with no minimum order required. Dimexon is the first major diamond manufacturer to create such a service and it is a gateway that will allow smaller watch and jewellery companies to access the highest quality diamonds in the market while making responsible choices. A major milestone for the business has been the release of its first ESG (Environment Social Governance) report this summer. This major report documents the company’s current success in these areas, and also lays out some key pledges for the future, such as a plan to go carbon neutral and eliminate single-use plastic, as well as ever greater levels of transparency and reporting on the journey of its diamonds. At the UK Jewellery Festival visitors can meet the sales team, learn more about the Dimexon e-tail site and have the opportunity to handle its diamonds. At the trade event, the company’s Christopher Bull will take part in a lively panel discussion that looks at the changing landscape for diamonds as Russian sanctions and lab-grown diamonds continue to impact the supply chain.
Email rik.verkaart@shop.dimexon.com
Wedds & Co proudly combine the use of its technology, with years of expertise and craftsmanship; providing the independent retailer with a broadened range of Bridal Collections in Gold and Platinum. Based in the heart of the busy Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, Wedds & Co run a manufacturing facility, specialising in wedding, engagement and eternity rings. All rings are manufactured in Wedds’ Birmingham factory. At the UK Jewellery Festival Wedds will showcase its range of plain wedding rings in various weights alongside eight desirable profiles. The business also offers a range of diamond cut patterns to enhance its plain wedding ring range. The supplier will also showcase its ladies diamond set wedding and eternity ring styles available in channel, claw and grain set. Wedds & Co’s new Zedd collection will also be on show. Zedd is a design led zirconium collection for men incorporated with an extensive choice of precious metals and diamonds.
Email info@wedds.co.uk
Website www.wedds.co.uk
Herbert Marx has built a reputation as one of the UK and Ireland’s foremost jewellery manufacturers and wholesalers. Its collections span a wide range of jewellery categories, and the business offers exceptional quality and value across the board. At the UK Jewellery Festival Herbert Marx will be showcasing a beautiful selection of unique opals and fire opals alongside its extensive and fine collections of gold earrings, gemstone and diamond jewellery, bangles and handmade chains. The company’s phenomenal collection of Australian opals are all special sizes and quality, with exceptional play of colour, complementing this incredible collection is a range of fire opal rings featuring special cuts, sizes, and designs. Herbert Marx describes this collection as unrivalled anywhere else in the industry and is offering retailers an opportunity to stock a one-of-a-kind item.
Email sales@herbertmarx.co.uk
Website http://www.herbertmarx.co.uk/
A five-generational family-owned company, WOLF understands that extraordinary objects are a representation of extraordinary moments. For over 185 years, WOLF has been hand crafting jewellery boxes and watch boxes that provide a safe, secure home for your most meaningful possessions. Ahead of the UK Jewellery Festival, chief executive Simon Wolf said: “We believe, for a legacy to endure, it must be nourished and upheld whilst melding beauty and functionality. We are dedicated to honouring people’s stories and the legacies entrusted to us.” With over 185 years of innovation and patented technology, WOLF has become the brand people trust. Some of the products being showcased by WOLF will feature its patented LusterLoc™; this patent prevents tarnishing and will help keep your jewellery in perfect condition for up to 35 years. At the 2022 UK Jewellery Festival, WOLF will be showcasing a range of its most popular jewellery storage collections; this includes Zoe, Palermo, Caroline, and its newly released women’s small luxury accessory collection, Mimi.
Register for the UK Jewellery Festival by clicking here.
Comprising three distinct business areas; Parify Lighting Ltd, Parify Retail Design Ltd and Parify Packaging Ltd, Parify is a one-stop-shop for jewellery and watch retailers. As an award-winning lighting supplier, Parify Lighting designs, plans, manufactures and installs specialist LED lighting solutions primarily for the jewellery industry, using premium LED and driver technology. Over the years, Parify has built a solid and intimate reputation with jewellers across the UK. At the UK Jewellery Festival Parify will be exhibiting its Expo 42 Light Bar. The light is perfect for providing the perfect level of illumination to your table showcase at any event. Parify Retail Design encompasses the entire store design process from concept, manufacture, installation and hand-over, specifically for the jewellery industry. From small independent retailers through to jewellery chains and larger stores, Parify has the expertise, resource and know-how to supersede expectations and deliver projects on-time and within budget, delivering stores ready for business in as little as 14 days. Parify Packaging offers a service tailored completely tailored to a retailer or brand, ensuring its representation is true and consistent across all packaging needs.
Thousands of jewellers put their trust in TH March and the insurances it provides. As appointed brokers to the UK jewellery industry’s leading trade associations and buying groups, TH March proud to be the industry’s favourite. It is the recommended insurance brokers to not only the National Association of Jewellers (NAJ), but to the Company of Master Jewellers (CMJ), the National Pawnbrokers Association (NPA), the Giftware Association (GA) and the British Pearl Association (BPA). TH March can arrange well-researched insurance solutions tailored to a business’s specific needs. TH March provides insurance for jewellers and allied trades, its Jewellers’ Block policies are specifically tailored to the jewellery industry, commercial insurance, security advice, and insurance for customers which earns commission for jewellers. The company also offers a wide range of personal policies and has a network of six offices across the UK.
Email: insurance@thmarch.co.uk
Website: https://www.thmarch.co.uk/
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