Celebrating 15 Years in Our Purpose Built Premises

On July 21st 2023, we celebrated 15 years since Sheffield Assay Office moved from Portobello Street to our new, state of the art home in Hillsborough.

The Assay Office closed its doors in Sheffield city centre on Thursday 17th July and thanks to a massive, well planned operation they re-opened in Hillsborough just four days later on Monday 21st July, 2008. Speaking of the building's anniversary, Assay Master Ashley Carson said; "It doesn’t seem like to five minutes since the big move! I remember us closing the doors on Thursday afternoon and opening for business again on the Monday morning. It was an amazing effort by all of the staff to make the move seamless."

Ashley Carson - Assay Master, Andy Thorpe - Receipts & Despatch, Andy Gaymond - Facilities Manager and the building team carry oak panneling into its new home

Matt Hawker - Quality Manager, Cheryl Foster - Staff Guardian and Dave Beresford - Senior Lab Technician all helping facilitate a seamless relocation

Ashley Carson - Assay Master getting hands on with the move

With over 10,000 sq ft of Hallmarking production area all on one single level, our new building was built and designed for maximum efficiency. 

The purpose-built premises also allowed Sheffield Assay Office to install the latest, state of the art laboratory equipment, enabling us to develop an outstanding Analytical Services Division, which has now become a worldwide recognised independent testing laboratory. Its superbly equipped laboratories and highly qualified personnel are widely acknowledged for both the extensive range of specialist testing and analysis procedures and the impressive expertise - which resulted in Sheffield Assay Office being one of the first laboratories in the UK to be awarded UKAS accreditation!

The Sheffield Assay Office was established in 1773, under an Act of Parliament and today the company assays and hallmarks the precious metals - silver, gold, platinum and palladium. Sheffield Assay Office is one of only four UK assay offices who all work to uphold the Hallmarking Act of 1973 and continue to ensure consumer protection for customers purchasing precious metals.

To find out more about the whole range of services offered by Sheffield Assay Office, such as our hallmarking and analytical services, please email us at info@assayoffice.co.uk or complete the contact form on our website at http://www.assayoffice.co.uk/contact-us ,

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