News and features

Rob Coleman, business lead at M&S Opticians, and store manager, Sarah Wilson-Suffield, explain how the brand’s store rollout is prioritising customer convenience

Martin McTague, national chair of the Federation of Small Businesses, on the pressures facing stores on the High Street

Amna Wajid, pre-reg dispensing optician and student optometrist, on her interest in research and turning her thesis into an article

Susan Bowers, one of the first UK optometrists to become an independent prescriber, tells OT  about her most memorable cases

Louise Furby, senior events, planning and communications manager at Specsavers, on using her personal experience to launch a menopause community for staff

Pala Eyewear founder, John Pritchard, tells OT  about the brand’s cause-first approach, upcoming frame launches, and what is involved in being a B Corp

OT  poses a monthly scenario from a practitioner. This month, Visioncall’s David Knight addresses the issue of patient consent in care homes

OutsideClinic optometrists Jennie Atyeo and Shane O’Rawe discuss their motivations for switching to the domiciliary sector from the High Street

Preeti Singla on carving out a ‘portfolio career,’ maintaining a work-life balance and going beyond her comfort zone

Dimple Zala, marketing and professional affairs manager for the UK, Ireland and Nordics at Bausch + Lomb, highlights the opportunity to explore a new lens first-hand at 100% Optical, and the “huge impact” contact lenses have for patients