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...Mark Hoplamazian, chief executive of US hospitality group Hyatt, said building new hotels had become harder due to “very tough” markets for raising capital, causing the company to turn instead to converting...
...Fortunately, his friend Simon Belson had just started his 360 Jewellery brand in London’s Hatton Garden, specialising in bespoke jewels....
...As they age they accrue the scars of change and use, the marks of wear and decay. But some buildings age better than others....
...They were made in 1578, when Hatton was building his own grand home at Holdenby, Northamptonshire....
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...The office started applying a logo mark to pieces made from Single Mine Origin gold last year and the National Association of Jewellers’ “Created in the UK” mark in August....
...I was sorry to see the 747s grounded at Heathrow in the summer of 2020, when I walked along the wire fence of the windswept maintenance base by Hatton Cross and stopped to gaze up at their sail-like tailfins...
...Hatton, 51, was relatively fortunate....
...However, the high-profile item fell tens of millions of dollars short of the high-water mark set by digital artist Beeple three months ago amid signs interest in the virtual collectibles may already be waning...
...With lockdowns in place, the industry has ground to a halt, from mines in South Africa to grading in Antwerp and retailers in London’s Hatton Garden and New York’s Diamond District....
...collaborations with McQueen through a trove of never-before-seen backstage photography by Ann Ray – I recalled an evening, 20 years ago, when I’d climbed the narrow, winding staircase in a Dickensian building on Hatton...
...All of her jewellery is made within walking distance of her office in London’s historic jewellery district, Hatton Garden, and it’s from there that she ships orders to wholesale partners and online customers...
...I felt there was a gap at the £200 to £300 mark for someone like me, earning what I earn.”...
...Their shawls and sashes blend in Gainsborough’s late liquid style, unifying the canvas in fluid, flickering marks, merging figures and wistful landscape....
...Sir, Derek Hatton’s criticism of Jeremy Corbyn’s support for Theresa May’s Brexit position was off the mark (“Labour in disarray as Brexit debate begins”, February 1)....
...Letters in response to this column: Best to take the lead at the optimal moment / From Humphry Hatton, Dubai, UAE Clearing a route to corporate success / From Eric Beinhocker, London, UK...
...“It really was considered a bonus in the trade,” says Mark Brittain, whose family business, Brittains Marking, creates complex tools for the luxury jewellery industry....
...Another thief, known only as “Basil”, who let the raiders into the building on Hatton Garden, is still at large and has not been identified....
...This drill-like instrument, operated by a foot pedal, is used to smooth out the filing marks on the inside of the ring....
...as the required Assay Office’s leopard stamp and quality marks, is an opportunity to reinforce Graff’s reputation....
...After falling as low as £16 in late 2011, shares in Johnson Matthey have recovered to nudge the £30-mark in the past few months....
...At 15, he left school to become an apprentice, working with Schindler, a local jeweller in the Hatton Garden jewellery district while taking day release classes at the Central School of Arts and Crafts....
...Earlier this year, Charles Bonas, a fifth-generation diamond broker, based a street away from Hatton Garden, London’s diamond district, was going through some old documents when he found a copy of an invoice...
...They bear the Queen’s portrait on one side and the merchant mark of the East India Company on the other....
...This May, members of the Goldsmiths’ Company, one of London’s oldest livery companies, established in 1327, will attend an annual prayer service at Saint Vedast Church in the City to mark the change of prime...
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