Wooden quills lie in boxes on the floor, and the clickety-clack of the last remaining Jacquard loom in commercial use in Britain provides the soundtrack. Miles of colourful ribbon are being ...

When a serviceman is awarded a medal for gallantry, the physical object represents the gratitude of a nation and needs to be produced to the highest standards by craftspeople with acute attention to ...

Over the centuries, British monarchs have listed their preferred tradesmen and brands, stamping them with a seal of approval known as the Royal Warrant. The warrant – covering products such as cereals ...

THE chief executive of one of the oldest manufacturing firms in the region has spoken of her battle to keep alive rare skills in the Jewellery Quarter – in the hope that some work now done in China ...

ONE of the region’s oldest businesses, Toye Kenning & Spencer, based in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, is calling on its local MP to join the new all-party parliamentary group for family business.

A Royal Warrant-holding medals maker which was founded in 1685 has secured a £1m loan to invest in equipment, improve facilities and support growth of the business. Toye, Kenning & Spencer, which is ...

HISTORIC family-owned firm Huguenot, Toye Kenning & Spencer has been selected to make the gold medals for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. HISTORIC family-owned firm Huguenot, Toye Kenning & Spencer has ...

AN historic Bedworth firm has helped to produce unique mementos in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Toye, Kenning and Spencer, which dates back 300 years, was part of a consortium of three ...

One of the world's leading badge makers has warned policymakers to reverse the rising tide of red tape, or risk driving manufacturers abroad. Toye & Co, whose trading subsidiary Toye, Kenning & ...

Fiona Toye can trace the family-run company’s roots back to the Toye family's Huguenot descendents, who settled in the East End of London and created the textiles and metals business that became ...

Organisers on Sunday (21 May) unveiled the official medals for July’s World Para Athletics Championships, which place the drive and determination of athletes at the heart of its unique clockwork ...

STAFF at a Bedworth company will join thousands of British TV viewers in cheering on The King’s Speech in the hotly-contested Oscars next week. But unlike other viewers, the workers have a particular ...