News and features
The latest news, features and insight from across optics
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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
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Martin McTague, national chair of the Federation of Small Businesses, on the pressures facing stores on the High Street
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Amna Wajid, pre-reg dispensing optician and student optometrist, on her interest in research and turning her thesis into an article
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Susan Bowers, one of the first UK optometrists to become an independent prescriber, tells OT about her most memorable cases
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Louise Furby, senior events, planning and communications manager at Specsavers, on using her personal experience to launch a menopause community for staff
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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
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OT poses a monthly scenario from a practitioner. This month, Visioncall’s David Knight addresses the issue of patient consent in care homes
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OutsideClinic optometrists Jennie Atyeo and Shane O’Rawe discuss their motivations for switching to the domiciliary sector from the High Street
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Preeti Singla on carving out a ‘portfolio career,’ maintaining a work-life balance and going beyond her comfort zone
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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