Big Optometry Blog

It's show time

the big optometry blog — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:39:27 GMT

If it has escaped your notice Optician is now the joint organiser of Optrafair London 2014 . With just days to go before Optrafair Birmingham 2013 plans are underway to reveal as much as possible about the plans for the capital in a year's time. Lots...(read more)

Show business is hotting up

the big optometry blog — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:30:45 GMT

There are some really exciting developments emerging around Optrafair London 2014. More soon....(read more)

What does one wear to the ball

the big optometry blog — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:30:29 GMT

As the Optician Awards get closer I am faced once more with the conundrum of what glasses or contact lenses to wear while on stage. I'm stuck with the unbiquitous dinner jacket so eyewear is about the only creative outlet open to us chaps. It also...(read more)

Optrafair is just around the corner

the big optometry blog — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:01:26 GMT

It hardly seems possible but Optrafair is less than a month away. Optician is the official media partner for the show so we have been busy completing the show guide . Look out for your copy in the March 22 issue. This year we decided to get all modern...(read more)

Bobs and jobs week

the big optometry blog — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:06:17 GMT

It's funny how news groups itself together sometimes. This week sees a job for Henrietta Alderman as the new chief executive of the Association of Optometrists . The last incumbent, Bob Hughes, also found himself a new job this week at a Surrey based...(read more)

Don't play misty for me

the big optometry blog — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:55:39 GMT

Researchers at MIT in the US are claiming a breakthrough in the development of coatings that prevent glass from steaming up. Although the coverage surrounding the finding concentrates on car windscreens the technology may be suitable for spectacle lenses...(read more)

Counterintuitive contact lenses on the web?

the big optometry blog — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:33:25 GMT

Dean Butler's challenge to the British Contact Lens Association over online contact lens compliance poses some interesting questions. One the one hand it could be argued that if a wearer buys their contact lenses online they have less interaction...(read more)

No show pow wow

the big optometry blog — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:49:40 GMT

The failure of The Eye Show may have come as a great disappointment to many but it has demonstrated that a London optical show has legs. It's been an exciting time for the optical show business but it's time to start talking turkey. There are...(read more)

Positive press for contact lenses

the big optometry blog — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:17:09 GMT

It's been a bad few weeks for contact lenses in the national media following a rash of infection stories. There was better news this weekend when the Mail revealed that drinking contact lens solution saved the life of 18 year old Sam Woodhead the...(read more)

Phoenix from the Frames

the big optometry blog — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:43:04 GMT

Following the demise of The Eye Show a pop up exhibition called Frame will take place in Soho on February 12 and 13. The show is the brainchild of Tom Davies who was let down by the failure of TES but wanted to salvage the situation as he had staff and...(read more)

A pop up exhibition for London?

the big optometry blog — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:56:01 GMT

If you have cleared your diary for the defunct Eye Show don't write off that time just yet. Rumour has it that some of the more entrepreneurial exhibitors are planning to make the most of a bad job and do their own thing. The smart money is riding...(read more)

The true cost of online contact lenses?

the big optometry blog — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:40:26 GMT

Practitioners will no doubt be aware of the horrific story in the Sun of Jacqueline Stone who lost an eye following contact lens wear . It is aways going to be difficult to prove decisively what the cause of the infection was, indeed all reports point...(read more)

The Eye No Show, status quo?

the big optometry blog — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:48:05 GMT

What is going on with an optical show in London? This issue manages to split those in optics more than virtually any other issue but it is an issue that needs to be addressed. The now defunct Eye Show had its supporters and clearly captured the imagination...(read more)

How easy is it to get snow blindness?

the big optometry blog — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:13:33 GMT

Along with most people in the country I have spent a fair amount of time out in the snow over the last week. At the weekend, when things were at their worst in my area, I spend a good few hours clearing the snow, putting out food and water for the birds...(read more)

This new CET malarkey

the big optometry blog — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:21:07 GMT

Despite all of the talk towards the end of last year about changes to the CET rules there still seems to be a lot of confusion on the issue. In an effort to get some discussion going within the profession and to answer readers question Optician has set...(read more)