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PRESS RELEASE: The Betts Group Upgrades Scope of AgAIN Silver Bullion Products to Make Recycled X-Ray Silver More Accessible

Designer-makers, casting houses, manufacturers and independent retailers can now access a wider array of AgAIN Silver products to highlight their commitment to traceable and sustainable materials. Birmingham Jewellery Quarter-based precious metal specialist, The Betts Group, has expanded the scope of its AgAIN Silver bullion products in response to increasing demand for its fully traceable, recycled and sustainable source of silver. Originally offered as 925, 958 and 999 silver grain only, the business has added a range of useful bullion products , including various widths of square and round wire, D-shaped wire, rectangular wire, and three widths of AgAIN

NEWS BRIEFING: 10 October 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰'China's Central Bank Adds Gold in September as Bullion Weakens'* 7 October 2026, Bloomberg: The People's Bank of China added gold to its reserves for a 23rd consecutive month in September, keeping up its official buying even as the bullion price fell. www.bloomberg.com 💰'Gold down 1% as dollar gains; Fed minutes in focus' 7 October 2026, CNBC: Gold slipped about 1 per cent midweek as a firmer dollar weighed on the metal and traders waited for the Federal

NEWS BRIEFING: 1 May 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Our Long Love Affair With Gold’ Lane Florsheim, 16 April 2026, The Wall Street Journal From the trading floor of Bullion Trading on New York's 47th Street Diamond District to private vaults in Switzerland, the WSJ reports on how gold's record-breaking rally has reshaped consumer behaviour and brought a new generation of investors face-to-face with physical bullion. www.wsj.com 💰 ‘Analysts See Gold to End 2026 Below $4,500/Ounce’ Reuters / Investing.com, 27 April 2026, Yahoo Finance A Reuters

Suppliers

Knowing where to get what can be half the battle. Here we created a signpost list of trade suppliers offering a wide selection of tools, bullion, findings etc... Bullion Suppliers Baird & Co www.goldline.co.uk Bellore Rashbel www.rashbel.co.uk Betts Metal Sales www.bettsmetalsales.com Cooksongold www.cooksongold.com Palmer Metals www.palmermetals.co.uk Fairtrade Refiners, Casters, Manufacturers & Suppliers Cookson Precious Metals Contact person: Rob Taylor www.cooksongold.com CRED Contact person: Alan Frampton credjewellery.com Hockley Mint Contact person: Gary Wroe www.hockleymint.co.uk S&P Trading Contact person: Patrick Schein www.patrickschein.com Vipa Design Contact person: Peter Crump www.vipadesigns.co.uk Weston Beamor Contact person: Glen Day www.westonbeamor.co.uk Finding Suppliers Cooksongold www.cooksongold.com Bellore Rashbel

NEWS BRIEFING: 18 April 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold climbs above $4,850 as markets focus on Iran peace talks’ Staff Reporter, 17 April 2026, Trading Economics (Reuters data) Spot gold closed a fourth consecutive weekly gain at roughly $4,867 per ounce as news that the Strait of Hormuz would remain open during the US–Iran ceasefire triggered a sharp fall in oil and reinforced expectations that a lasting deal would ease inflationary pressure on bullion. tradingeconomics.com/commodity 💰 ‘Silver market heads for sixth straight deficit year,

NEWS BRIEFING: 20 June 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 ‘Gold steady as investors await details of US-Iran peace deal’ Reuters, 16 June 2026, CNBC : Bullion held near a one-week high as markets awaited the formal signing of the US-Iran agreement, before a hawkish Federal Reserve and a stronger dollar pulled prices back later in the week. www.cnbc.com 💰 ‘Current price of silver as of Tuesday, June 16, 2026’ Fortune, 17 June 2026, Fortune : Silver hovered around $70 an ounce, still up more than

NEWS BRIEFING: 4 October 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰'Gold rises after cooler inflation data, but monthly decline looms' 30 September 2026, CNBC: Bullion edged up on softer-than-expected US inflation figures on the last day of the quarter, but not by enough to stop September closing as a losing month for gold. www.cnbc.com 💰'Gold prices have pulled back — but a Morgan Stanley strategist sees 3 key reasons to hold the precious metal' 30 September 2026, CNBC: With gold well off its January high, a Morgan Stanley

PRESS RELEASE: Goldsmiths’ Fair partners with The Betts Group to support emerging British Businesses with X-ray silver

The Betts Group, which has provided quality and service from the heart of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter for more than 260 years, has partnered with Goldsmiths’ Fair, supporting the recipients of its 2025 Emerging Business Bursary programme with a gift of four kilograms of AgAIN silver bullion, which is made from reclaimed silver from medical X-ray films. Goldsmiths’ Fair has been the place to see, try, and buy the UKs best independently made contemporary fine jewellery and silver, and meet the craftspeople who design and make it since 1983. One of the Goldsmiths’ Company’s key initiatives in support of

Q&A: Gary Williams

Gary Williams is a Director at Presman Bullion Ltd, a company based in Hatton Garden which is one of the largest reclaimers, processors and recyclers of precious metal jewellery scrap, sweeps and residue services to the UK’s jewellery trade. He also sits on the Board of parent company, Mastermelt Ltd. Gary's career in the jewellery industry spans some 40 years, having started out working as a representative for a jewellery wholesaler, then for award-winning manufacturer Brown & Newirth Ltd, leaving as their Sales & Marketing Director. Gary was also a Director with Amore Cranleigh Ltd, a Surrey based retailer specialising

NEWS BRIEFING: 12 September 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 'Gold Steadies Near $4,400 as Traders Weigh Fed Rate-Hike Path' 9 September 2026, Bloomberg : Bullion held around $4,400 an ounce — roughly a fifth below January's record above $5,500 - as traders priced in the possibility of a rate rise at the Federal Reserve's 15–16 September meeting. www.bloomberg.com 💰 'Silver Falls 6%, Gold Also Dips Amid Rate Hike Expectations, Rising Oil Prices' Conor Murray, 10 September 2026, Forbes : Silver dropped about 6 per cent in

NEWS BRIEFING: 30 August 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰'Gold Holds Near Three-Month High as Traders Weigh Treasury Moves' 29 August 2026, Bloomberg: Spot gold held close to a three-month peak above $4,600 an ounce as investors weighed US Treasury debt-management signals against their bets on the Federal Reserve's next move. www.bloomberg.com 💰'Gold Slips as Fed Chief Warsh's Jackson Hole Speech Looms' 28 August 2026, CNBC: Bullion eased off its three-month high as Fed chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks firmed up expectations of a further rate

NEWS BRIEFING: 28 March 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 'Gold Set for Worst Week in Six Years as War Curbs Rate-Cut Bets' Bloomberg, 19–20 March 2026 Bullion recorded its biggest weekly loss since 1983 as Middle East conflict drove energy prices higher and reduced expectations for interest rate cuts, with traders increasing bets on Fed tightening to 50% by October. www.bloomberg.com 💰 'Gold Steadies After Six-Day Decline as Fed Warns on Inflation' Bloomberg, 18–19 March 2026 Gold sank for a seventh consecutive session as the Iran

NEWS BRIEFING: 27 September 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰'China's Gold Imports Top 1,000 Tons on Strong Investment Demand' Yihui Xie, 22 September 2026, Bloomberg: China shipped in more than 1,000 tonnes of gold in the first eight months of 2026, already beating its total for the whole of 2025, as the pullback from January's record, a firm yuan, larger import quotas and about 44 tonnes of ETF buying pulled bullion into the country. www.bloomberg.com 💰'Supply glut, lab-grown alternatives: What's behind the fall of diamond prices

NEWS BRIEFING: 8 May 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰 'Gold and silver's historic rally could resume 'as fog of war lifts'' Lee Ying Shan, 7 May 2026, CNBC Analysts at OCBC and other Asian banks suggest precious metals could recover their record-setting trajectory once Middle East tensions ease, with bullion having paused near $4,700 an ounce after a tumultuous start to the year. www.cnbc.com 💰 'Current price of gold for May 7, 2026' Aly Yale, 7 May 2026, Fortune Spot gold sat at approximately $4,739 an

NEWS BRIEFING: 20 September 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring. 💰'Gold Holds Decline After Fed Tilts Hawkish and Raises Rates' 16 September 2026, Bloomberg: Bullion stayed lower after the Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time since 2023 and signalled that more tightening could follow, leaving gold below $4,300 an ounce. www.bloomberg.com 💰'Hong Kong Sets Out Gold Hub as Driver for Commodities and Yuan' 16 September 2026, Bloomberg: John Lee's policy address sets out plans to make Hong Kong a gold trading centre. The plans include a