Kimberley Young

Mark Marland, sales director, presents sales manager, Rayna Greenfield with her ownership pack

Optimum Coatings moves to employee ownership

OT heard from director, Mark Marland, on the choice to transition the lens supplier into an Employee Ownership Trust company

Equipment and suppliers

A man in a grey suit holds a pair of spectacles and looks along shelves of more glasses on display

Charmant to close UK subsidiary

Eyewear and lenses

A graphic of three illustrated computer screens, each displaying a different slit lamp image

Haag-Streit opens 2024 Slit Lamp Imaging Competition

Equipment and suppliers

Eight student reps are gathered for a group photo – four are seated on a long blue sofa, and four stand behind

AOP applications open for student reps

A still from the video which shows a small pair of pink spectacles in front of a rainbow sign reading: ‘Star Fit Lazer Junior’ and a headline overlaid in blue and white: ‘100% Optical Frames fit for kids’

Paediatric designs: the Star Fit collection

OT heard from Millmead Group’s James Conway, and Dr Alicia Thompson, about the data behind Continental Eyewear’s new collection for children

The busy exhibition hall at 100% Optical 2024

100% Optical reviewed: “A huge success”

A graphic in blue, orange and red-pink text reads: Special Report, IP: An upksilling workforce, Changes shaping IP optometry

IP: an upskilling workforce

Supporting IP in optometry

12 min read

Career development 1

Menicon Limited names new managing director

The wall of Johnson & Johnson’s 100% Optical exhibition stand which includes a lenticular sign sharing information about presbyopia

A focus on multifocal contact lenses

A group of four student participants in the 2020 Optoversity Challenge

Optoversity Challenge returns for 2024

Career development

The organisers of an event at Cardiff University to raise awareness of services for people with sight impairment are gathered together, some wearing RNIB branded t-shirts, and the Mayor in the centre of the group

Optometry students gain insight into RNIB services

Career development

Maurice celebrating being made a Freeman of the City of London, presented by the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers

Obituary: Maurice Zack

Practitioner stories

John Hockney in a smart suit with a deep red bow tie

Obituary: John Hockney

Practitioner stories

A handshake

Bondeye Optical takes on equipment business of Louis Stone Optical

Equipment and suppliers

Nuria and Miguel pose in the sunshine wearing circular glasses in white and yellow with bold rounded sides

Me and my glasses

“I developed a great passion for independent designs”

6 min read

Eyewear and lenses

Palak wears blue medical scrubs and is seated in a clinic setting in front of a range of instruments including a slit lamp. Against one wall is the test chart

“I was introduced to optometry at a very young age”

Career development

In the foreground is an OCT device, while blurred in the background a practitioner is typing on a keyboard

Optometry Scotland working group established to explore need for OCT services

A short-life working group, launched by the representative body, will explore use of the technology in community optometry and determine financial implications of the universal provision of OCT

Optical organisations

A receptionist and patient interact in a clinical setting

Telling a story, making connections, and addressing value

A screenshot from a YouTube video demonstration of the Zeiss Atlas 500, showing a display of three images of Claire Martin’s eye. Overlaid is the title of the video: 100% Optical Zeiss Atlas 500 Dry Eye Assement

“Many devices in one” with the Zeiss Atlas 500

Dr Louise Terry and Dry Enyam Morny

Ghana-Wales Vision Pact: celebrating optometry through collaboration

5 min read

Practitioner stories

A woman wears large square sunglasses, a blue headscarf, formed like waves, and yellow and blue dress, with a piece of fishing net worn as a necklace

Being a B Corp in eyewear: “We’re constantly working to improve”

6 min read

Eyewear and lenses

Optometry students and head of the department for optometry, Professor John Siderov, with Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh during a visit to the University of Huddersfield

University of Huddersfield hosts The Duchess of Edinburgh

Career development

An older couple sit together looking at a smart tablet, one wears glasses

EssilorLuxottica and World Council of Optometry partner for presbyopia

Optical organisations

A man is seated at a coffee table working on a laptop

Preparing for a day in practice

Practitioner stories