Independent joins Norville group

Norville Opticians has purchased the independent Roger Spooner Opticians, an acquisition that takes the number of practices owned by the group to 13.

The purchase of the practice, based in Keynsham, Somerset for the past 26 years, has extended the group's patient base along the eastern side of Bristol. It follows the retirement of owner Roger Spooner.

Ian Richardson, director of Norville Opticians, said: 'Spooner Opticians is a long established business. Roger Spooner is a well known figure and we are keen to extend the Norville Opticians ethos and continue to run it as a family owned concern.'

Beth Bracey, who has worked at the practice for four years, has been appointed managing dispensing optician.