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Carlisle United - The Peter Jackson the Jeweller Player of the Season Award (added 13th May 2008)

Chris Lumsdon and Marc Bridge-Wilkinson receiving their award from Karen BaxterThe Carlisle United end of season awards took place last week with Marc Bridge-Wilkinson and Chris Lumsdon sharing the Peter Jackson the Jeweller Player of the Season trophy.

Both midfielders had received an equal number of man-of-the-match awards from this season's home games and were presented with their award by Karen Baxter, Manager of the Peter Jackson the Jeweller store in Carlisle.

The entire Peter Jackson the Jeweller team wish Carlisle United the best of luck in their League One play-off second leg against Leeds United.


Royal Birkdale Charity Golf Day In Aid Of Derian House (added 3rd April 2008)

Peter Jackson with Trevor Briggs of Derian HouseFollowing a hugely successful charity golf day at Royal Birkdale in Southport, Peter Jackson presented a cheque for £10,440 to Trevor Briggs of Derian House Children’s Hospice.

Derian House Children’s Hospice in Chorley provides a unique and very special environment for terminally ill children and their families. It currently costs around £1.4 million to run the Hospice with 90% of that coming from charitable donations.

Royal Birkdale golf club in Southport is home to this year’s British Open and has hosted the Peter Jackson the Jeweller charity golf day every year for the last six years. Twenty teams pay £650 for a round of golf and a dinner with raffle and auction. Among the many fabulous auction prizes was golf for four people and an overnight stay at the world renowned Turnberry resort.

Managing Director, Peter Jackson said “Our whole team is delighted to be able to support such a worthy cause, Derian House is an amazing organisation and it has truly been a privilege to work with them”


Peter Jackson, Roque Santa Cruz, Benny McCarthy and the  store teamBlackburn Rovers Price Freeze (added 3rd March 2008)

Peter Jackson's Blackburn store played host to Blackburn Rovers' unveiling of their "Price Freeze" campaign to launch the sale of season tickets for the next Premiership campaign.

Peter Jackson, store Manager Sharon Bibby and the team are pictured with Rovers stars Benny McCarthy and Roque Santa Cruz in the Blackburn store.


Prince's Trust (added 1st March 2008)

Natalie, Milly, Catherine and Francine with the teddy bearsOnce again we were delighted to assist the Prince's Trust at their annual Celebrity Sports Dinner. 350 guests were entertained while our team sold cute teddy bears, each one winning a prize, some worth hundreds of pounds.

The event, now in its eleventh year raised £20,000 to support the wonderful work the Prince's Trust do with young people.


Jewellery Awards

The UK Jewellery Awards is a glittering Oscars-style ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane, where the very best of the jewellery trade is recognised.

Awards are presented to the finest retailers, suppliers and designers in the country. We sat with baited breath as the finalists in the “Manager of the Year” category were announced.

“And the winner is ……….” The moment seemed to last for ever….. “Sharon Bibby from Peter Jackson the Jeweller”

We have always believed that we have four of the best Managers in the country, now it has been officially confirmed; Sharon is the “Manager of the Year”

To read more about the UK Jewellery Awards click here.


Staff Training and Education

To add to our extensive training programme, we have now introduced our new Watch Specialist Course. Developed in-house, we have selected one person from each branch to participate in a twelve month intensive programme to further enhance their knowledge of this important subject.

Danielle Beattie, Carlisle’s newly appointed Supervisor has just completed the first year of the Professional Jewellers Diploma course with a string of grade A’s in her assignments.

 

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