HALO and Touchstone 2023 award winners announced
Winners demonstrate support for hallmarking excellence and help to protect consumers.
皇冠体育app British Hallmarking Council鈥檚 (BHC) 2 awards in 2023 recognise excellent work in promoting hallmarking, protecting consumers and providing a level playing field for retailers.
皇冠体育app Touchstone Award and the Hallmarking Awareness and Learning Online (HALO) Award, both collaborations between the BHC and the National Association of Jewellers (NAJ), are complementary.聽
皇冠体育app HALO Award is concerned with ensuring that vital information about hallmarking is provided to jewellery customers so that they know that the piece they are buying is what it says it is.聽皇冠体育app Touchstone Award is designed to support a level playing field for legitimate retailers, ensuring that sellers are complying with hallmarking law.聽 Together the two awards support each other in maintaining and improving hallmarking enforcement and awareness.
In 2023 both awards were presented to worthy winners.聽
皇冠体育app HALO Award was presented jointly to Anna Mcloughlin Fine Jewellery and Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery at the prestigious Benevolent Society Ball in December 2023.聽 London silversmiths Hersey and Son were highly commended as runner up.聽
皇冠体育app Touchstone Award was presented to Colin Briggs, Trading Standards Manager, East Riding of Yorkshire.
皇冠体育app excellent standards of the winners of these 2 awards demonstrate how these complementary activities support hallmarking excellence and help to protect consumers.聽皇冠体育app 2024 Touchstone Award will be open for entries in early 2024 and the HALO Award 2024 will be launched at the NAJ鈥檚 AGM on 6 June 2024.