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Touchstone 2025 seeks submissions


The annual celebration of work to promote and enforce hallmarking is seeking submissions from TS teams

Richard Young

Posted 06 March 2025 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Sponsored|Inside Trading Standards|National


SPONSORED: Entries are now open for the 2025 Touchstone Award, celebrating innovative Trading Standards work that promotes the importance of hallmarking and consumer protection across the UK.

The Touchstone Award is an annual competition sponsored by the British Hallmarking Council (BHC) in partnership with the National Association of Jewellers. It is designed to raise awareness of the importance of hallmarking in consumer protection, and recognises Trading Standards services which have gone the extra mile to ensure businesses comply with the Hallmarking Act.

For 2025, the Tou...

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