De Beers Group partner to sponsor leading UK jewellery conference

The International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), part of the De Beers Group of Companies, has today announced that it will sponsor the Company of Master Jewellers’ UK Jewellery Conference.
The conference, taking place at the East Midlands Conference Centre in the UK, is one of the country’s leading showcases for the UK jewellery trade’s year.
IIDGR provides Diamond Grading Reports and a concise Diamond Identification Report from it UK laboratory. These grading standards and systems combine human expert analysis alongside machine data to create the highest standard of consistency, accuracy and integrity.
Jonathan Kendall, President of the IIDGR has praised the conference as an “important part of the UK trade year.”
“We are delighted to be a part of it, 2016 is proving to be a significant year for the IIDGR in the UK with a building awareness amongst the trade.”
Lucy Reece-Raybould, Executive Director of Business Development and Marketing at CMJ, said: “Partnerships like this with IIDGR are really important to CMJ, as it ensure that our retail members are given the opportunity to work with the best in the business.”
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