A Happy New Year!

Hello everybody and a happy New Year,

My name is Michael Dennison and I am the Jewellery Design Director for Hanfords of London. From now on I will be writing a weekly blog about all the goings on in the Hanfords Handmade Jewellery Design Department. This will include all of our new releases, new styles and techniques we are working on, as well as all the special events the company as a whole is taking part in.
This is a very exciting time for Hanfords with the company continuing to grow all the time. We are constantly adding to our Handmade Jewellery Collection and our Online Jewellery School is recruiting new members daily. We are also looking forward to Spring Fair International at Birmingham NEC in February and International Jewellery London at Earls Court in November, as well as having our pieces exhibited at galleries and craft fairs across the country.
We will also be opening a new workshop in the Midlands in 2011 which will give us much more capacity and flexibility when it comes to filling orders and we are looking forward to many new colleagues joining us. I have also been informed that we will have NO VAT INCREASE for the New Year which shows our commitment to keeping our pieces affordable and fits in with our 'Beautiful Pieces for Everybody' philosophy.
I hope that you will follow our progress this year and look forward to hearing your ideas, comments and suggestions.

Once again have a great New Year,

Michael.