Make sure you take your chance to get business advice directly from multi-award winning business woman and London Jewellery School founder Jessica Rose as part of Jewellery Business Week. Jessica will be answering your questions live on our Facebook page between 6 and 8pm on Thursday 6 February. All you have to do is click […]

London Jewellery School tutor and jewellery designer Anna Campbell reveals how social media can help you know more about what your customers think and get them to help you make decisions. As a designer/maker I can feel a little isolated. I’m sure there are times when you feel the same. Often I am working alone […]

It’s said that your brand is what people say about you or your business when you are not in the room. So whatever you choose in terms of logos, colours, packaging etc, the name of your business and your online presence, it needs to reflect what you want said about your business.all Here are a […]

During Jewellery Business Week, London Jewellery School is offering 20% all business classes run at the school if you book between 2 and 9 February. The offer includes: Jewellery Business Day This course is aimed at jewellers or soon to be jewellers who would like information and advice as well as a kick-start in setting […]

Before you start a jewellery business it is important to prepare just as you would before setting out to make a new piece. To kick off Jewellery Business Week we’ve created a check list for your “business workbench” – the things you need to have thought about, gathered together or researched before you start. Ask […]

For the second year London Jewellery School is running a week on online business advice and tips. The event will feature  daily blogs about starting and growing jewellery making businesses, tips and discussions via social media, guest experts including The Design Trust’s Patricia van den Akker, and a live Q&A advice session with award-winning entrepreneur […]

  Hayley Kruger sells her own statement jewellery designs under the Hayley Kruger Adornment brand as well as teaching a range of classes including  beading and leather jewellery  at the London Jewellery School. She is also one of the presenters on the videos for our distance learning business course. What motivated you to start your […]

Clare Yarwood-White founded her jewellery business Yarwood-White, which she sold last year.  She now helps other creative businesses through her blog at www.createacraftbusiness.com and writes regularly on business issues for Craftseller magazine and blog. In a special guest blog for LJS Jewellery Business Week, Clare tells us why January is so important for your business… […]

Anna Campbell is an LJS tutor teaching a number of jewellery making classes and PR for your Jewellery Business. She mentors artists and crafters in setting up their website and using social media to promote their businesses for Crafty Websites and runs her own jewellery business, Light Boat Jewellery. She is also one of the […]

LJS founder and award-winning entrepreneur Jessica Rose shares some important advice for your jewellery venture in this video. If Jessica has inspired you, make sure you check this blog every day this week for more advice from successful jewellers and experts and see our Facebook page for daily tips and discussions. Plus don’t miss out […]

Are you ready to start or build your jewellery business? This week is LJS Jewellery Business Week. So it’s time to get thinking about what you need to know and take advantage of a week of business tips, shared advice from experts and other jewellers and promotion opportunities here on the blog, on Facebook and […]

Last year tutor Anna Campbell wrote a series of posts to prepare you for your Christmas sales. Now she’s back with a quick reminder of some new year jewellery business tasks. I hope you had a bumper Christmas of sales. January tends to be a quieter time so hopefully you’ll have a bit of breathing […]

Are you thinking of starting or growing a jewellery business? Mystified by pricing? All at sea when it comes to publicity? Don’t worry, the LJS Jewellery Business distance learning course has just been updated with new videos and more business advice than ever before from LJS founder Jessica Rose and tutors and succcessful jewellers  Anna […]

Opportunities to promote jewellery and new outlets for designer makers to sell their wares are very valuable so it’s worth letting you know about a couple of new ventures we’ve come across. First up is Sharon J Dale who is opening a showcase boutique in Barnes South West London, where she plans to exhibit and […]

LJS student Rachel Western recently used the skills she learnt at the school to launch her own jewellery business, Exclusively Rachel. Here she tells her story: “Two years ago I decided that following a struggle to find necklaces or bracelets in a size that would fit me, I’d make my own. Drawing on all my […]

London Jewellery School founder Jessica Rose has been shortlisted for The Artemis Award for business owners aged 25 and under in the NatWest Everywoman Awards. The awards recognise women in business and champion female entrepreneurship and previous award winners include Hilary Devey, now well-known from Dragons’ Den, and cosmetics entrepreneur Jo Malone. Jessica impressed the […]

This is the second in our series of jewellery business blog posts on preparing your jewellery business for Christmas. Last week tutor Anna Campbell looked at Christmas craft fairs and markets. This week she’s turning her attention to selling in the virtual world. More shoppers than ever are purchasing their Christmas gifts online. It’s so […]

Can you hear those sleigh bells yet? Christmas is fast approaching. For those of you with a jewellery business this should be a busy time. Alternatively, if you have been thinking about setting up a jewellery business, now is a good time to try a stall at a local school etc to get an idea […]

In the first of an occasional series, LJS founder Jessica Rose offers advice on aspects of running your own jewellery. Selling your jewellery online is an excellent way of extending your customer base and reaching people who you may never be able to in a craft fair or by selling through a physical shop. It […]

Blog post written by Anna Campbell  The brilliant thing about the internet is that it has allowed us all to become business people with a low start up cost. I’ve sold pieces of jewellery to New Zealand, USA, Holland, Australia – places I have never been. But where do you begin? And with so many […]