Sheffield Heeley MP Meg Munn has been awarded Brake and Direct Line's Road Safety Parliamentarian of the Month Award for her campaign to introduce regular eye tests for drivers. Munn has campaigned for driver eye tests to be carried out by qualified practitioners using a scientifically recognised method and for drivers to be re-tested at least every 10 years. The MP began to campaign after she was contacted by a constituent whose daughter was killed by a driver with defective eyesight.
Essilor has signed five new partnership agreements in North Africa and Latin America. In Morocco, it has acquired 65 per cent stakes in distributor, Optiben and Rx lab, VST Lab. Majority stakes in Brazil's CM Equipamentos Ópticos de Precisão and the Dominican Republic's Opti Express have also been acquired and a new sales subsidiary, Essilor Colombia, has been formed. It has also acquired majority stakes in CSC Laboratories and Professional Ophthalmic Laboratories in the US.
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