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The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, England, in the north-western area of Birmingham City Centre, with a population of 19,000 [1] in a 1.07-square-kilometre (264-acre) area. [2] The Jewellery Quarter is Europe's largest concentration of businesses involved in the jewellery trade and produces 40% of all the jewellery made in ...
The Birmingham School of Jewellery and Silversmithing was established in 1890 [4] as a branch of the School of Art [5] when Martin & Chamberlain converted a goldsmith's factory, built in 1865 to a design by J. G. Bland. The top storey was added in 1906 by Cossins, Peacock & Bewlay who also designed the south extension in 1911.
The Argent Centre is a Grade II* listed building on the corner of Frederick Street and Legge Road in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England.. Designed by J. G. Bland for W. E. Wiley, a manufacturer of gold pens; it was built in 1863, and acquired the name Albert Works, possibly because it was opposite the Victoria Works of Joseph Gillott.
The doors were closed and locked on a Friday and the building was subsequently sold to the Birmingham City Council.It was several years before the doors were reopened, and the council employees discovered a virtual time capsule of jewellery production, and techniques, as well as more personal work life related items some dating back as far as 1899.
The museum opened in 1992 [5] originally as the Jewellery Quarter Discovery Centre, as part of the city's Heritage Development Plan. [6] [7] It preserves this 'time capsule' of a jewellery workshop [8] [9] and also tells the 200-year story of the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter, the centre of the British jewellery industry, and its traditional craft skills.
Jewellery Quarter station was opened in 1995, as part of the "Jewellery Line" project which saw the re-introduction of cross-city services via Birmingham Snow Hill. Midland Metro services commenced in 1999, when its first (and so far only) line from Birmingham to Wolverhampton opened.
Rob Halliday-Stein (born 4 August 1977) is a Birmingham, England entrepreneur who is the founder and managing director of Jewellery Quarter Bullion Limited. [1] The company trades under the brands BullionByPost and gold.co.uk. Turnover has grown rapidly and now exceeds £300 million per annum. Halliday-Stein owns 70% of BullionByPost.
With regard to post-production, the university also has Avid Mentor status, [78] and is the Midlands' accredited training centre for Apple's Final Cut editing software. [79] For health and social care, Birmingham City University was awarded national recognition as a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. [80]