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Julian Davies Opticians celebrates teams at away day A summer event held by Julian Davies Opticians celebrated the individual achievements of staff, delivered product training and provided a business update to teams.
‘She is ver y impor tant to the business and is a great team player. Hayley is ver y well liked, hardworking and organised as well as being respected by ever yone in the team,’ he said.
The independent held the event at New House Hotel in Caerphilly with employees from each of its seven practices in Wales attending.
Young star ted as a receptionist and soon became an optical assistant before being made practice manager of the Newpor t practice and then operations manager for the wider business.
Chris Tannorella, director of Julian Davies Opticians, said: ‘The main thing about these away days is how people feel at the end of the day. What’s really lovely is that the teams mix up; they speak regularly on the phone but these away days give them the oppor tunity to meet up and socialise.’
During an awards evening, Hayley Young was voted Team Member of the Year by her colleagues and was described as a ‘superstar’ by Tannorella.
Optical assistant Monika Kucharczyk won the Happiness award three months after joining the Newpor t practice and the Unsung Hero award went to dispensing optician Jen Viggers.
Viggers was recognised for going above and beyond and always looking to help her colleagues, while Blackwood manager Samantha Gadd won the Kindness award for her caring approach to colleagues and patients.
gic initiatives at the Fred Hollows Foundation, said: ‘Our review of cataract services found the pandemic may have exacerbated existing inequities, particularly with women and girls. In every country the study surveyed, there was a reduction in the proportion of women and girls accessing eye health services.’
Results of NaturalVue study published Data from a clinical study exploring the extended depth of focus (EDOF) design of Visioneering Technologies Inc’s NaturalVue Enhanced Multifocal 1 Day contact lens has been published in Clinical Ophthalmology.
VTI said the study represented its highest evidence of presbyopia visual function, patient satisfaction
Charmant partners with NEG
and supported its universal ADD claim for presbyopia.
It analysed the range of functional vision and subjective feedback on patients aged 50 years and older living with presbyopia.
Patients demonstrated improvement in visual acuity with NaturalVue Multifocal versus single vision correction from -1.50D through -4.00D optical vergence demand, simulating reading material from 66cm to 25cm.
Charmant partners with NEG
Charmant and PK National Eyecare Group (NEG) have signed an exclusive partnership agreement to supply the UK and Northern Ireland independent optical market with Charmant products.
The collections of Charmant, Line Art, Elle, Aristar, Minamoto, Ad Lib and Esprit were made available exclusively to NEG members.
Chris Beal, chief operating officer and executive vice president at Charmant Europe, said: ‘We are very excited about this partnership. Having worked with National Eyecare Group for many years in the past it makes absolute sense to join forces and it will be a welcome return for our brands in the UK & NI independent optical market.’
Optegra’s ad campaign
Optegra highlights ser vices in new ads
Optegra has launched a regionally targeted campaign across direct mail, local print and TV to raise awareness of its NHS cataract surgery options.
The advert started on October 7, running between 9am and 7pm Monday to Friday on Loose Women, This Morning, Pointless and Emmerdale.
Developed by creative agency Kitchen, the campaign visually captured the difficulty for people suffering with cataracts to engage with everyday life and how Optegra was helping make patients’ lives ‘clearly better’.
It aimed to reassure people about the eye hospital group’s results, patient satisfaction and its surgeons, emphasising that patients could be seen within just two weeks of referral.
Specscart makes 2024 Wired trailblazer list Specscart has been selected as a 2024 Wired trailblazer, recognising it as one of the UK’s most pioneering businesses which benefit people, communities and the planet.
Sid Sethi, founder of Specscart, said: ‘All the Wired trailblazers are pushing boundaries and that is what Specscart is all about.
‘We are not on a mission to disrupt the UK eyewear industry, we’re going to completely blow it up, one pair of spectacles at a time,’ he added.
Since its inception in 2018, Specscart has grown into a global retail and online business, which sees its in-house made glasses delivered in 24 hours.
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