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The Touchstone Award, sponsored by the British Hallmarking Council (BHC), is a national award for trading standards in hallmarking.
A review of the British Hallmarking Council’s (BHC) 2018 achievements and its aims for 2019.
Annual report and accounts of the British Hallmarking Council for the year ended 31 December 2012.
The British Hallmarking Council and National Association of Jewellers announce the winners of the inaugural Hallmarking Awareness and Learning Online Award.
The Award will be presented to the retailer who has run the most effective online initiative relating to the display of the new format Dealers Notice and education surrounding UK hallmarking.
Hallmarking was in the spotlight at the Chartered Trading Standards Conference in Birmingham in June 2023 with the presentation of the Touchstone Award.
Corporate statements of the British Hallmarking Council (BHC) reviewing our achievements and aims.
Intellectual property protection specialists WRi Group win the Touchstone Special Recognition Award 2022.
A review of the British Hallmarking Council’s (BHC) 2020 achievements and its aims for 2021.
The Touchstone Award, sponsored by the British Hallmarking Council, is a national award for trading standards in hallmarking.
The British Hallmarking Council’s publication scheme makes information available to the public about how it operates and how it spends its budget.
Findings from the triennial review of the British Hallmarking Council (BHC).
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The standing orders of the British Hallmarking Council Education and Enforcement Committee approved in April 2023.
Winners demonstrate support for hallmarking excellence and help to protect consumers.
All 4 offices have now reopened and are providing assay services.
The British Hallmarking Council's Touchstone 2024 award for trading standards teams is open for submissions.
How to make a complaint to the British Hallmarking Council.
The standing orders of the British Hallmarking Council Joint Assay Offices Committee approved in October 2018.
Shared Regulatory Services (SRS) won the prestigious BHC Touchstone Award, co-sponsored by the National Association of Jewellers.
The dedication and inventiveness of the winners of the 2021 Touchstone Award highlight the importance of hallmarking enforcement, writes Ken Daly in the Journal of Trading Standards.
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