It’s such a simple concept – bring two Swiss watchmaking giants from opposite ends of the scale together for a collaboration then watch the queues at Swatch shops all over the world go around the...
What is the meaning of a Luxury Pawnbroker in the UK? At Suttons and Robertsons, we are a world away from this old-fashioned, pre-conceived notion of a pawnshop. Although we are here to help people...
There are many reasons why you might want to take your jewellery to a pawn shop. It can often be the best option for a short-term loan as it’s a fast way of raising money with minimal paperwork. As...
Suttons and Robertsons Features in ITV’s New TV Show, Million Pound Pawn.
Like many businesses, Suttons and Robertsons has had to adapt during lockdown. First foremost, we have taken every measure to ensure we provide a safe environment for all our customers employees. We...
Many UK shops will have to change the basic ways they operate to guard customers staff. As the UK economy slowly begins to open up. Many of us will start to notice the changes in the standard...
Central London pawnbrokers, Suttons and Robertsons, have a long history of taking good care of the precious items that are left with them in return for securely fixed loan lending, but they reveal...
As central London pawnbrokers, Suttons and Robertsons take their responsibility for the secured loans service they offer seriously. As members of the National Pawnbroking Association bound by the...
The term Lombard banking dates right back to the Middles Ages when it referred to a type of pawnshop. Lombard takes its name from the well-to-do region of Lombardy, in North Italy, where the...
The House of Medici is one of the great houses of old Italy. Like the Borgias, we usually have an understanding of what went along with being a Medici, but only a few of us would be able to sum it...
The beating heart of the UK’s financial hub sees Lombard Street run from the Bank junction, down the side of the Bank of England. It is home to 1 Lombard Street, the Square Mile’s most established restaurants.
As we catch up with the history of pawnbroking, we find ourselves in the 1700s the world is changing quickly forever…
One of the interesting things about being a London pawnbroker is the excitement of not knowing what clients will bring you. The initial contact, which will be online, by telephone, or with the...
Lending money against your goods has been practised in many ancient countries, such as China, ancient Greece Europe. It helped many bank families in Italy gain dominance was one of the first...
When it comes to pawnbrokers, not all are created equal, many will specialise in things you have no interest in, you want to go to a pawn shop with a luxury experience. The reason we spend so much...
When I think of the word ‘Collector’, I imagine back when I was a teen, everyone had sports trading cards, there were shops that sold them, they had all sorts of signed gear for sale. Like-wise...
The new breed of entrepreneurs is turning to an unexpected source of fast finance. Many business people often find they need a quick, high-value loan, for sometimes as short as a few days or weeks...
Sometimes in life, a real money emergency does pop up. It might be the car has broken down needs a new part, the house is flooded, the fridge is broken, or those U2 tickets just cost a lot more than...
If you have a jewellery case that is overflowing with pieces you no longer wear, or you have inherited something beautiful but it is not your style, it might be time to release the value get...
The implications of the great bank crash of 2008 still reverberate around the world – while some long-standing financial institutions crumbled to the ground, others clung on for dear life. The...
In early 2016, the former Bank of England governor Mervyn King released his new book, 'The End of Alchemy'. He states in the book that the most recent financial meltdown showed that emergency...
