Tag: hallmarking
Birmingham jewellers shop fined for hallmarking offences
A Birmingham jewellers shop has been ordered to pay more than £5,000 after selling gold jewellery which did not bear a recognised hallmark and offering ’22 carat gold’ jewellery which did not contain enough gold to be described as such. Shiza Gold Factory Ltd – trading as Shiza Jewellers, in Stratford Road, Sparkhill – appeared […]
Jeweller ordered to pay £1,900 for unhallmarked goods seized
A Birmingham jeweller, who pleaded guilty to 12 offences under Hallmarking Act 1973, Trade Marks Act 1994 and Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, was ordered to pay £1,900 at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (19 March 2015). Khwaja Waqar Ahmed - who owned Kashmir Jewellery House, on Coventry Road, Small Heath – was fined […]
Gold warning to Asian consumers
Gold is traditionally an important currency amongst the British Asian community; as wedding gifts, worn as accessories at parties, and as an investment in times of economic uncertainty, when gold tends to hold its value. Trading Standards at Birmingham City Council is warning Asian buyers in the city to be cautious about the quality of […]
