AIO: Building a future for all independent practices

AIO has released the programme for its 2016 conference at The Vale in Cardiff (9-10 October).

While there is a full CET programme with excellent lecturers, perhaps the most interesting feature and one which is unique, is a special event for aspiring independents to help them with their career choice.

In recent years, AIO has presented to optical students up and down the country and found that the overwhelming majority aspire to be in independent practice, and almost all of them want to own their practice.

Yet those same students invariably end up working for large corporates, meaning that they face a future of failing to achieve their career objectives.