British Hallmarking Council
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We’re looking for 3 new Council members. The closing date for applications is Sunday, 29 August 2021.
The Touchstone Award is one of the most prestigious available to Trading Standards and is awarded by the British Hallmarking Council annually.
British Hallmarking Council: annual report and accounts, 2019
Corporate report
Annual report and accounts of the British Hallmarking Council for the year ended 31 December 2019.
This guidance is to help you know how to recognise a hallmark and who to contact about your consumer rights.
How to comply with hallmarking law if your business supplies items described as precious metal (gold, silver, platinum or palladium).
Guidance for Trading Standards officers on how to enforce the hallmarking law.
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What the British Hallmarking Council does
We supervise the hallmarking activities of the 4 Assay Offices in the UK to ensure there is adequate provision of hallmarking within the UK.
BHC is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
Documents
News and communications
See all news and communicationsPolicy papers and consultations
- Hallmarking by UK Assay Offices overseas
- Consultation on a Consumer and Trading Standards Agency: British Hallmarking Council response
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- British Hallmarking Council: annual report and accounts, 2020
- British Hallmarking Council: Remuneration Committee standing orders
Contact BHC
General enquiries
British Hallmarking Council Secretariat
c/o Shakespeare Martineau
60 Gracechurch Street
London
EC3V OHR
United Kingdom
Birmingham Assay Office
1 Moreton Street
Birmingham
B1 3AX
United Kingdom
Edinburgh Assay Office
Edinburgh Assay Office
24 Broughton Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3RH
United Kingdom
Telephone
0131 556 1144
Fax
0131 556 1177
Assay Office London
The Assay Office
Goldsmiths' Hall
Gutter Lane
London
EC2V 8AQ
United Kingdom
Telephone
0207 606 8971
Fax
0207 814 9353
Sheffield Assay Office
The Assay Office
Guardians' Hall
Beulah Road
Hillsborough
Sheffield
S6 2AN
United Kingdom
Telephone
0114 231 2121
Fax
0114 233 9079
Make an FOI request
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Freedom of Information requests
British Hallmarking Council Secretariat
c/o Shakespeare Martineau
60 Gracechurch Street
London
EC3V OHR
United Kingdom
Corporate information
Jobs and contracts
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