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Archive | September, 2009

A fit lot these optical folk

The triathlon season ended for me on Sunday with a short event down in Crawley. It was  beautiful day, if a little chilly at that time in the morning, and a smallish field of competitors.   Who’s That? I had agreed to meet up with  three Optician Ironman Team members but as I milled around I was approached by [...]

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Rogue opticians — a taste of things to come?

I must admit to having a rush of excitement when I read this piece about a non-registered optician testing eyes and dispensing without any registration or licencing in London. I quickly realised that it wasn’t London, England but London, Canada. But we live in a globalised world. This guy has a dozen outlets and has had $1m [...]

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Kids eyecare campaign starts to gain traction

A massive breakthrough in optical communication shas been made. Transitions’ Eye Know Eye Care campaign has been picked up by Newsround.     Even though John  Craven is now off the scene this is still a hugely influential programme and is sure to have some effect on the market as kids take notice. The the [...]

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New term begins

September again and despite not being at school there is still that feeling of  things starting again after a long summer break. For once my own kids were really keen to get back to school, this is scary in itself, but I found a similar attitude emerging at work. Rather than a ‘ ho hum the [...]

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Scrappage scheme for specs

The government’s scrappage scheme for cars has been so successful it got me thinking, wouldn’t the same thing work for optics. I see so many people walking around in old banger specs it makes perfects sense. It also has the advantage of not working against the environment ( I thought Labour were the new Green Party) [...]

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