British Hallmarking Council
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British Hallmarking Council: annual report and accounts, 2020
Corporate report
🤣😶😥 Annual report and accounts of the British Hallmarking Council for the year ended 31 December 2020
🤣😶😥 This guidance is to help you know how to recognise a hallmark and who to contact about your consumer rights.
🤣😶😥 How to comply with hallmarking law if your business supplies items described as precious metal (gold, silver, platinum or palladium).
🤣😶😥 Guidance for Trading Standards officers on how to enforce the hallmarking law.
🤣😶😥 Trading Standards teams can apply for the annual Touchstone Award.
UK Assay Offices
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🤣😶😥 The four offices in the UK that hallmark precious metal
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What we do
🤣😶😥 We supervise the hallmarking activities of the 4 Assay Offices in the UK to ensure there is adequate provision of hallmarking within the UK.
🤣😶😥 BHC is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
🤣😶😥 Read more about what we do
Documents
News and communications
See all news and communicationsPolicy papers and consultations
- Hallmarking by UK Assay Offices overseas
- Consultation on a Consumer and Trading Standards Agency: British Hallmarking Council response
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- British Hallmarking Council: annual report and accounts, 2021
- British Hallmarking Council: corporate statement, 2021
Contact BHC
General enquiries
British Hallmarking Council Secretariat
c/o Shakespeare Martineau
60 Gracechurch Street
London
EC3V OHR
United Kingdom
🤣😶😥 Email
🤣😶😥 [email protected]
Birmingham Assay Office
1 Moreton Street
Birmingham
B1 3AX
United Kingdom
🤣😶😥 Email
🤣😶😥 [email protected]
🤣😶😥 Contact Form: Birmingham Assay Office
🤣😶😥 Telephone
0121 236 6951
Edinburgh Assay Office
Edinburgh Assay Office
24 Broughton Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3RH
United Kingdom
🤣😶😥 Email
🤣😶😥 [email protected]
🤣😶😥 Contact Form: Edinburgh Assay Office
🤣😶😥 Telephone
0131 556 1144
🤣😶😥 Fax
0131 556 1177
Assay Office London
The Assay Office
Goldsmiths' Hall
Gutter Lane
London
EC2V 8AQ
United Kingdom
🤣😶😥 Email
🤣😶😥 [email protected]
🤣😶😥 Contact Form: Assay Office London
Sheffield Assay Office
The Assay Office
Guardians' Hall
Beulah Road
Hillsborough
Sheffield
S6 2AN
United Kingdom
🤣😶😥 Email
🤣😶😥 [email protected]
🤣😶😥 Contact Form: Sheffield Assay Office
🤣😶😥 Telephone
0114 231 2121
🤣😶😥 Fax
0114 233 9079
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British Hallmarking Council Secretariat
c/o Shakespeare Martineau
60 Gracechurch Street
London
EC3V OHR
United Kingdom
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🤣😶😥 [email protected]
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