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The British Hallmarking Council's Touchstone 2024 award for trading standards teams is open for submissions.
Winners demonstrate support for hallmarking excellence and help to protect consumers.
Hallmarking was in the spotlight at the Chartered Trading Standards Conference in Birmingham in June 2023 with the presentation of the Touchstone Award.
Two jewellery businesses with an emphasis on creating bespoke commissions are the joint winners of the HALO Award 2023.
Details of the council's members and Assay Office representatives.
Permitted descriptions for gold plated silver articles at point of sale in the UK.
The British Hallmarking Council's HALO award 2023 is open for submissions.
Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022.
Annual reports of the British Hallmarking Council.
Corporate statements of the British Hallmarking Council (BHC) reviewing our achievements and aims.
Review of the British Hallmarking Council’s (BHC) 2022 achievements and its aims for 2023.
The standing orders of the British Hallmarking Council Education and Enforcement Committee approved in April 2023.
The home of British Hallmarking Council on GOV.UK. We supervise the hallmarking activities of the 4 Assay Offices in the UK to ensure there is adequate provision of hallmarking within the UK.
Intellectual property protection specialists WRi Group win the Touchstone Special Recognition Award 2022.
Trading Standards teams can apply for the annual Touchstone Award.
The Hallmarking Awareness and Learning Online Award 2022 is closed to applications.
The British Hallmarking Council and National Association of Jewellers announce the winners of the inaugural Hallmarking Awareness and Learning Online Award.
Information from the UK's assay offices giving guidance on the Hallmarking Act 1973.
This guidance is to help you know how to recognise a hallmark and who to contact about your consumer rights.
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