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London Trading Standards win 2025 Touchstone Award for “Stamping Out” hallmarking infractions

London Trading Standards – a collective of trading standards teams from the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Camden, Westminster, Hackney, Ealing, Waltham Forest, and Newham, and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea – have been awarded the British Hallmarking Council’s (BHC) Touchstone Award 2025, for their role in Operation Stamping It Out. A pioneering hallmarking education and enforcement project, which is delivered by WRi Group on behalf of the London Assay Office.

Date Published: 25 June 2025

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Easter 2025 Opening Hours and Service Times

On Thursday 17 April 2025 at 12:00noon we will close the counters at Goldsmiths' Hall and Greville Street for the Easter Weekend.

Both counters will re-open at 9am on Tuesday 22 April 2025.

Date Published: 14 April 2025

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Price Adjustment 2025

We have made the decision to adjust our prices. This has not been taken lightly. However increased costs of production, and the surge in demand for high priority packet return and for complex marking of articles, have made it a necessity for our business.

Date Published: 25 March 2025

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Review of the British Hallmarking Council

The UK government announced on 17 March 2025 that it will “commence a review into the British Hallmarking Council (BHC) which will look at the role, remit and governance of the BHC, including options to merge, abolish or reform it.” The BHC is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the department for Business & Trade.

Date Published: 18 March 2025

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One Hour Service Restrictions

Due to high demand of all our services we are restricting the One Hour Service. All One Hour packets need to be received at the counter before 12.00.

Date Published: 18 December 2024

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Christmas 2024

Both counters at Goldsmiths’ Hall and our Greville Street office will close at 1pm on Monday 23 December 2024, and reopen at 9am on Tuesday 2 January 2025.

Date Published: 25 November 2024

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Customer Service Update

UPDATE - THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN REOSLVED ON 2 AUG 2024

Please be aware we are experiencing a service disruption caused by our internet service provider.

Date Published: 01 August 2024

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Price Adjustment 2024

We have made the decision to adjust our prices. This has not been taken lightly. However increased costs of production, and the surge in demand for high priority packet return and for complex marking of articles, have made it a necessity for our business.

Date Published: 14 March 2024

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Annual UK Hallmarking Figures for 2023

The total number of articles sent for hallmarking at all UK offices in 2023 fell by -17.7% to 8,020,089. 

Gold, silver, platinum and palladium saw a decline in the quantity of articles hallmarked.

Date Published: 15 January 2024

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2024 date letter

Happy New Year!

The date letter for 2024 is a lower case z.

A non-compulsory mark, the date letter changes annually on 1 January. The font, case, and shield shape all change so each can only indicate one specific year.

Learn about the evolution of the hallmark and the component marks in the article ‘Hallmark as Hero’ by Goldsmiths’ Company Deputy Librarian.

Date Published: 02 January 2024

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James Cargill, Deputy Production Manager, made a Freeman of the Goldsmiths’ Company

Congratulations to James Cargill, Deputy Production Manager of our Heathrow sub-office, who, earlier this month, was made a Freeman of the Goldsmiths’ Company by Special Grant in celebration of 10 years service.

A Freeman is a tier of membership in Livery Companies. It is the largest grouping of members at the Goldsmiths’ Company. Freemen play an important part in the life of the Company.

Read more about Company membership here thegoldsmiths.co.uk/membership

Date Published: 18 December 2023

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