The UK government has announced (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.
The Goldsmiths’ Foundation has appointed a new Board of Trustees to lead the charity as it renews its focus on support for vocational skills, the crafts of jewellery and silversmithing, and the wider creative industries.
The Royal Mint has today submitted 6,432 coins for testing at the UK’s oldest judicial ceremony, the Trial of the Pyx, at Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City of London.
A highlight of this year’s submission is a silver sixpence made from silver recovered from expired medical and industrial x-ray films.
