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19 August 2026

Jewellery academy landlord forces liquidation

Hundreds of students affected as courses stop with immediate effect

Josh Mellor

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A jewellery training provider has collapsed due to debts linked to unpaid rents, leaving more than 250 students in limbo.

British Academy of Jewellery (BAJ), which delivers specialist jewellery design and manufacturing courses, was placed into compulsory liquidation in late July over a debt of £1.3 million.

The training provider owes the unpaid rent to Seventy Nine Camden, an insolvent company linked to its previous owner, for two properties that it occupied.

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