In focus: Optician begins to feel the symptoms of pandemic

Next month’s Optician Awards ceremony (Saturday, April 4) has been postponed.

Chris Bennett, Editor in Chief, said: ‘Our number one priority is to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of all of our sponsors, guests and staff. Given the spread of the coronavirus we have decided that, in order to minimise the risks to guests and sponsors, the event will now take place on Sunday, September 20, 2020, remaining at the same venue Hilton Metropole Birmingham.’

Optrafair 2020 has been postponed until September 19-21 in the interest of the health, safety and wellbeing of exhibitors, visitors and staff.

The Federation of Manufacturing Opticians board and Mark Allen Exhibitions explained that the decision was made after monitoring the situation and listening to stakeholders’ views and concerns.