NAJ News

NAJ postpones June Summit until September, and NAJ Awards remain at the Benevolent Society Ball

08 January 2021

The National Association of Jewellers has chosen to further delay its all-encompassing membership event due to the ongoing Covid pandemic.

Applications are now open for Getting Started 2021

07 January 2021

The Goldsmiths’ Centre opens applications for Getting Started Online 2021, the one-week introduction to business course designed to support the most talented UK designers, designer-makers and skilled craftspeople in the jewellery, silversmithing a...

Transitioning your jewellery business in post Brexit Britain (update 2)

06 January 2021

Following the recent UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), the British Allied Trades Federation has compiled a list of resources to support your business transition, now the UK has left the EU.

Coronavirus advice (part eleven) from NAJ

05 January 2021

As the Prime Minister announced a third national Lockdown for England, following an earlier announcement the same day from the Scottish First Minister, the UK jewellery industry braces itself for ‘difficult months ahead, but with light at the end...

Peter Taylor of the Goldsmiths’ Centre awarded MBE

05 January 2021

Peter Taylor, Director of the Goldsmiths’ Centre and a key figure in the establishment of the charity, has been awarded an MBE for his services to the Jewellery and Silversmithing Industries.

Enrolments for new culturally relevant Birmingham-based jewellery training programme, the MasterPeace Academy, now open!

18 December 2020

Following the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement earlier in the year, the NAJ was delighted to be approached by local jeweller Norma Jean Banton, who had a vision to deliver culturally relevant jewellery training to young adults in the Birmin...