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2008 Optician awards winners
Healthy Sight Practice of the Year Award sponsored by Transitions
Winner: Boots Opticians, Edinburgh, Gyle
● Parley Optometrists, Ferndown
● Portland Eyecare, Birmingham
● McGonigle Opticians, Co Derry
● Boots Opticians, Plymouth
Independent Practice Website of the Year
Winner: Turners Optometrists, Bridgwater
● Waltham Abbey Opticians, Essex
● Christopher Nixon Optometrists, Harrogate
● SASK Optics, Leicester
● Jones & Hoyland Opticians, Lanarkshire
● Aaron Optometrists, Ashington
● A View, London
The Business Initiative Award
Winner: BBR Optometry, Hereford
● Specslab.co.uk, Herts
● Patrick and Menzies, Essex
● David Spicer Optometrists, Oxford
● Pagan & Mcquade opticians, Scarborough
Fashion Frames Practice of the Year sponsored by Luxottica
Winner: The Eye Academy, Guildford
● Kate Hattersley Opticians, Coventry
● Weston Opticians, Basildon
● Goodlooking Optics, Enfield
● Santro & Peche Opticians, London
The Software Practice of the Year Award is supported by See 20/20
Winner: McShaw Optometrists, Devon
● David Spicer Optometrists
● Corry & Christie Optometrists, Aberdeen
● David Burghardt Vision Care, Lincoln
● The Outside Clinic, Swindon
Contact Lens Practice of the Year sponsored by CIBA Vision
Winner: AJ Elder Smith, North Yorkshire
● Boots Opticians, Reading
● First Contact Opticians, Pinner
● Boots Opticians, Glasgow
The Technology Practice of the Year Awards is again sponsored by Grafton Optical and its technology partners Paradigm and Eyescape
Winner: Parley Optometrists, Ferndown
● Classic Eyes, Bournemouth
● Kings Cross Eye Clinic, London
● John Rose Eyecare, Kingston upon Thames
● Buchanan Optometrists, Snodland, Kent
Optical Product of the Year
Winner: TD Tom Davies, Tom Davies Bespoke
● CooperVision, Biofinity
Shamir UK, Smart Attitude
BBGR, Anateo
CIBA Vision, Dailies AquaComfort Plus
Start Up Practice of the Year Award sponsored by Essilor
Winner: Ythan Opticians, Ellon, Scotland
● Taylor & Toal Opticians, Co Antrim
● The Oculist, Peterborough
● Eye 2 Eye Opticians, Middlesex
● Santro & Peche Opticians, London
The Multiple Practice of the Year Award
Winner: Specsavers, Cannock
● Specsavers, Nottingham
● Boots Opticians, Leamington
● Boots Opticians, Chelmsford
● Specsavers, South Shields
● Specsavers, Okehampton
Independent Practice of the Year which is supported by Hoya
Winner: BBR Optometry, Hereford
● Corry & Christie Optometrists, Aberdeen
● Richard Petrie Optometrist, Derby
● Waveney Eye Care (NI), Co Antrim
● David Spicer Optometrists, Oxford
● David Burghardt Vision Care, Lincoln
Contribution to CET Award sponsored by Dollond & Aitchison
Winner: Dr Dan Rosser, Visual acuity measurement and its pitfalls
● Helen Court, Patient anxiety in practice
● Katharine Evans, Rachel North and Christine Purslow, The ocular associations of cystic fibrosis
● Lucy Titcomb and Prof John Lawrenson Getting started in therapeutics
● Shaunagh Aitken, Back to basics in dispensing - pupillary distance measurement
● Mark Kirby, John M Nolan, Edward Loane, and Stephen Beatty, Macular pigment and its putative protective effect for ARM
The Optical Assistant Team of the Year
Winner: Specsavers, South Shields
● Webb & Lucas, Stafford
● Boots Opticians, Keighley
● Keith Holland & Associates, Cheltenham
● Specsavers, Ripon
Dispensing Optician of the Year sponsored by BBGR
Winner: Lizzie Bartlam, Aston University Optometry Clinic
● James Dawson, Kate Hattersley Opticians, Coventry
● Renuka Vistrolia, Boots Opticians, Poultry
● Mark Hickton, Boots Opticians, Leeds
● Phil Deery, Boots Opticians, Middlesbrough
● Steve Donald, Tutbury Opticians, Staffordshire
● Beverley Edwards, Specsavers, Ripon
Outstanding Optometrist of the Year
Winner: Frederick McShaw, McShaw Optometrists, Devon
● David Corry, Corry & Christie Optometrists, Aberdeen
● Linda Watson, Boots Opticians, Ayr
● Andrew Brook, Specsavers, Lincoln
● Keith Holland, Keith Holland & Associates, Cheltenham
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