It may be the economic situation or it may just be a coincidence but there appears to be a lot of optical crime going on at the moment. One practitioner I recently spoke to said she understood the opportunist sunglass theif but what about the opticals? These thefts look increasingly ochestrated with theives going for [...]
While everyone was getting excited about what the Chancellor would be doing in the Budget to get the national debt down the banks were up to their old tricks. Readers of Optician will have see the story about Gilco and its efforts to sell the business in last week’s issue. Readers this week will learn the [...]
There was much scratching of heads in the Optician office as the Chancellor was delivering the budget speech but it appeared that our readers knew something we didn’t. On the morning of budget Tuesday two different people phoned to place advertisements for practices for sale. What do they know ?? If they were looking [...]
I had the pleasure of cycling 150km through the Swedish countryside recently with a group of optical people brought together by Transitions. You can read a full race report in the link. Given that some of the group had little more than six weeks to prepare and there were a few ( non-cycling) injuries the whole [...]
Those of you who have read this column for a while will be familiar with friend, running-mate and all-round top dog, Henry. I have to report that sadly Henry died yesterday. Henry started his career as a deer stalker with the Forestry Commission in Dorset and retired to the Optician Editor’s house five years ago [...]
I was interested to see a story on the BBC’s website about the use of Avastin to treat AMD As readers of Optician will know this is a story that we have been following for sometime. Those we speak to about this issue are generally very cautious about naming the drug companioes involved. The implication [...]
Transitions and Vision Express took to the streets, well parks, of London this week for the latest bit of marketing. One of the great things about this sort of marketing is that it brings the optical industry directly in contact with the public. I noticed this thread on a cycling forum and it throws up some [...]
It’s interesting that varifocals have been cited as a cause of falls among the elderly. Optician has long been an advocate of linking eyesight and falls but it seems to be a topic that the care and health professions are powerless to address. The logic is simple: Providing proper eyecare for the elderly is relatively [...]
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| Website | Business |
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| Optician CET | Magazine |
| Vision ExpoWest | Exhibition |
| Optometry Book Shop | Book Shop |
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