Optician Awards 2015: Optical Assistant Team of the Year

Nominated for the last of 17 trophies to be handed out this year’s Optician Awards evening, the tension was rising as the clock moved towards midnight at the Birmingham Hilton Metropole.

Finally, Edmonds & Slatter in Blaby, Leicestershire was announced as the 2015 Optical Assistant Team of the Year. Cheers followed as the six-strong optical assistant team realised it was well worth the minibus trip and the party could officially get started.

Indeed, there is no lack of camaraderie between staff at the practice, partner Tim Cole tells Optician, with meals out and trips to the cinema together regular fixtures in the diary. ‘The practice is full of laughter,’ says Cole. ‘I always say you’ve got two families – a family at home and one at work.’