Viewpoint: Diary of a spectacle designer
The trials and tribulations of taking Tom Davies online
Management
In Focus: Regulator rebuffed
In Focus: Regulator rebuffed
Andrew McClean reports on a petition that questions the GOC’s pandemic response
Providing specialised services
In Focus: Providing specialised services
Yiannis Kotoulas reports on the NHS England roll out of an optical service for ...
The post-pandemic path
The post-pandemic path
Last month’s Alconversation online panel discussion had a different, but ...
In Focus: The road ahead
In Focus: The road ahead
Optometrists, professional bodies and optical suppliers share their outlook for ...
In Focus: Difficult decisions
In Focus: Difficult decisions
Andrew McClean finds out how the professional bodies have adjusted their ...
Planning for the future
In Focus: Planning for the future
Yiannis Kotoulas reports on the release of the College’s Inspiring and ...
2020: An opportunity missed?
2020 In Review: An opportunity missed?
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted eye health initiatives in what was meant ...
Practitioners’ perspectives
2020 In Review: Practitioners’ perspectives
Four practitioners tell Andrew McClean how they responded to the challenges of ...
In Focus: Adjusted operations
In Focus: Adjusted operations
Paul Marshall tells Andrew McClean about how Specsavers has committed to meeting pent-up demand by opening new practices and creating jobs
Domiciliary: Home safety
Domiciliary: Home safety
Mike Hale finds out how the provision of domiciliary eye care has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic
Taxing times
Taxing times
With one eye on getting your business through the pandemic, it would be easy to lose sight of your tax obligations in early 2021. Adam Bernstein issues a timely reminder
HR File: Furlough extension - what does it mean?
Furlough extension
Bethany Parker considers the implications of the extension of the government’s employee furlough scheme
In Focus: GOC responds to ESR consultation
GOC responds to ESR criticism
The GOC has admitted that the ESR consultation brought up areas that require clarification. Yiannis Kotoulas reports
In Focus: Inspecs marches on
In Focus: Inspecs marches on
Andrew McClean finds out what Inspecs’ latest acquisition means for one of the eyewear industry’s fastest growing businesses
In Focus: A bumpy year for eyewear heavyweights
Eyewear giants post results
Andrew McClean looks at the third quarter and nine-month financial results published by EssilorLuxottica and Safilo
In Focus: A world view within sight
A world view within sight
Yiannis Kotoulas reports on the optical sector’s activity for this year’s World Sight Day
In Focus: Attitudes versus action
Attitudes versus action
Kamlesh Chauhan tells Andrew McClean why reiterating the importance of eye exams during the pandemic is important
In Focus: Education review draws fresh criticism
In Focus: Noting concerns
A group of optical organisations have noted their concerns with the GOC’s Education Strategic Review. Yiannis Kotoulas reports
The surface of the world
The surface of the world
Bill Harvey reports on a virtual conference organised by TFOS that offered a fascinating snapshot of the various challenges to ocular surface health from a wide range of countries around the world
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