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The Touchstone Award, sponsored by the British Hallmarking Council (BHC), is a national award for trading standards in hallmarking.

• Updated: 19 December 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Palladium is now officially a precious metal for fine jewellery with the introduction of a compulsory UK hallmark from 1 January 2010.

• Updated: 7 May 2010

First published during the 2007 to 2010 Brown Labour government

David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, has made 4 new appointments to the British Hallmarking Council.

• Updated: 26 November 2012

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

British Hallmarking Council chairman Tom Murray welcomes official retention of the hallmark.

• Updated: 29 July 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

A review of the British Hallmarking Council's (BHC) 2012 achievements and its aims for 2013.

• Updated: 26 July 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Guidance on the description, hallmarking and marking of bonded gold in the UK.

• Updated: 17 November 2014

The sub-office is operated by assay office employees as an independent facility within a host company or at a separate location.

• Updated: 8 December 2015

The UK鈥檚 hallmarking system is one of the oldest and most robust in the world. The Touchstone Award aims to emphasise its continuing importance, as Marion Wilson explains.

• Updated: 31 January 2018

This document contains the following information: British Hallmarking Council annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2006

• Updated: 21 June 2007

Guidance for assay offices on how to cancel or obliterate an ancient hallmark under the Hallmarking Act 1973.

• Updated: 30 September 2013