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**NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS** Due to extreme weather conditions, Sheffield Assay Office will be closing today (Friday 10th March) at 12pm. We hope to be fully operational by Monday 13th March and hope everyone stays safe and well. Thank you.

The Assay Assured Trustmark scheme is to re-launch today (Wednesday March 1st) with the support of all 4 UK Assay offices for the first time, with the relaunch including a brand-new Trustmark design featuring a crown in place of a castle, allowing for a unique certification number for each jeweller and will incorporate new options for multi-channel retailers.

UKAS Commercial Director, Mark Bohun, recently visited Sheffield Assay Office to celebrate the 40th anniversary of our accreditation to ISO 17025.

We are proud to announce that we have received and maintained a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 89 for the last 12 months.

On Friday 17th February, we said congratulations and 'see you soon' to our Senior Analyst, Sophie Langley who is about to welcome her first child.

https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/hawley-tool-collection/The Sheffield Treasures Exhibition is now available to view at Kelham Island Museum. The exhibition is celebrating 200 years of knife making in the city of Sheffield and features the very special 'Stanley Year Knife' created by Joseph Rodgers & Sons in 1821.

Sheffield Assay Master, Ashley Carson and Curator, Emma Paragreen were delighted to assist in the making of a Channel 5 documentary and BBC drama, both about the infamous Brink's-Mat robbery that took place in 1983.

Sheffield Assay Master, Ashley Carson was delighted to attend Sheffield Hallam University's MA and MFA Jewellery and Metalwork Exhibition to award prizes to the students for their outstanding work.