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Hakim Group HQ team members are participating in a walking and running challenge throughout November in support of Shine Coaching, an organisation supporting men’s mental health

Walking boots on: Hakim Group hosts fundraising challenge

Hakim Group HQ team members are participating in a walking and running challenge throughout November in support of men’s mental health

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Five consumer trends heading into 2024

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SallyLitchfield

“Be kind to yourself”

“It has really been an overwhelming and astonishing achievement”

Hakim Group team in Ireland

Hakim Group supports practice teams in Ireland

Boots Opticians opens new Edinburgh practice

The opening forms part of Boots Opticians’ wider investment in refreshing the practice environment

A group of around 15 attendees stand in front of Page & Small Opticians, which has a bright blue sign displaying its name. The sun is shining and tress can be seen

Easy Eye Care Pathway celebrates South East London launch

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Specsavers apprenticeship programme graded “outstanding”

A young man is having his eyes tested with a slit lamp. His eyes are lit blue as his face rests on the chin support. The optometrist is positioned in front of eye pieces and is using a joystick to control the instrument

Specsavers publishes Access to care report

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Amit Sharma, Lynn Carson, Roz Giles and Kim Durden

Davis Optometrists celebrates 60 years

Broxbourne practice celebrates award win

E&G Opticians received the accolade of Independent Optician of the Year in the Global Healthcare & Pharma awards

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“Thousands” attend Specsavers PAC 2023

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“People living in care homes experience some specific barriers in access to care and this needs to change”

Contact lens blister packs are fanned out against a white background with a blue solutions bottle

Specsavers extends recycling scheme to support offices

Guildford MP Angela Richardson cuts the ribbon on a second operating theatre, with the Surrey team

Optegra celebrates 15 years

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Single use plastics ban to be enforced from 1 October

"We have lofty ambitions”

Ahmed Ejaz, CEO and chief optometrist of Cambridge Spectacle Co., on the opening of the brand’s first High Street practice

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A phone encased in a Tympa device, including a camera, is held up to a patient’s ear. The phone screen displays the inside of the ear, with options to capture video and photographs

Duncan and Todd Group expands Hearsmart service

Four people in yellow high vis jackets and two people wearing orange high vis jackets. They're all working a garden.

Hakim Group partners with social enterprise to grow produce for its community

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Specsavers consulting room enhancement project reaches prototype

The exterior of an optical practice on a cloudy day shows grey signage and a painted illustration of flowers in the window

Behind the scenes at R. Woodfall’s newest location

People sitting at tables at a conference

Booking opens for Specsavers’ PAC

Testing the resilience of optical retail

Fiona McDonald, retail analyst at Mintel, shared key learnings from the market research agency’s UK Optical Goods Retailing Report 2023

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Two school children sit at optical device at careers fair with an optometrist

Optometry highlighted at Big Bang Careers Fair