Chris Bennett: Optrafair and the Optician Awards live up to expectations

As weekends go for optics they don’t get much bigger than last weekend in London. For the very first time the biggest night of the optical calendar, the Optician Awards, coincided with the industry’s beloved biennial bunfight, Optrafair. I have to take my hat off to the many exhibitors and visitors to the show who also acted as sponsors, trophy presenters, winners and guests at the Hilton on the Saturday night.

Unless you happened to be running the London Marathon last weekend’s combo of Optrafair and the Optician Awards may well have been the most exhausting way to spend those 72 hours. Needless to say both events lived up to expectations.