Sponsors
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Our 2023 Sponsors
ASDA Opticians
Asda is the best kept secret in the optical world because of our unique pricing on glasses. We don’t charge any extra for thinner lenses or varifocals if a patient’s prescription requires this. Our patients love this and so do our professionals, as they can focus on delivering what their patients needs without worrying if it is affordable. Our patients also like the fact they can visit us, hand in their prescription to the pharmacy, have their eyes checked and do their shopping in one trip. All 157 of our stores fit that one-stop-shop concept, and we have big plans for future growth. Our teams build highly rewarding roles in the heart of their communities, along with enjoying a wide range of benefits including paid GOC fees, CPD programs and professional indemnity insurance.
CooperVision
Here at CooperVision we understand how important contact lenses are to people’s daily lives, recognise that every wearer is unique and appreciate the importance of crafting world-class lenses for both mainstream and challenging vision corrections. Our focus goes beyond product development to true innovation, tackling some of the greatest challenges of our time such as myopia management and the impact of the global transformation to a digital lifestyle. CooperVision is committed to providing focused practitioner support, through partnership activities and our Cooper Advantage™ programme.
Hoya
For over 80 years, Hoya’s revolutionary optical and healthcare solutions have been pushing technological boundaries for customers around the world. Lens design has advanced considerably over the years, but one thing has remained unchanged: the dedication to quality and innovation for which Hoya Lens UK has become known.
Hoya Lens UK works tirelessly to understand the individual needs of its customers. From the latest lens designs and thinnest, most durable materials to award-winning anti-reflective coatings and advanced vision examination technologies, Hoya Lens UK invests heavily in research and development. The result is a world-renowned range of products providing total eye care.
Marcolin
Marcolin is a worldwide leading company in the eyewear industry founded in 1961 in the heart of the Veneto District. It stands out for the unique ability to combine craftsmanship with advanced technologies through the constant pursuit of excellence and continuous innovation.
For more than 60 years Marcolin has been designing, producing and distributing eyewear for some of the most important and leading brands in their segment. As a company, we strongly believe that craftsmanship and technological development are among the key values of our history.
Ocuco
Celebrating 30 years of eyecare innovation in 2023, Ocuco is a leading provider of optical omnichannel software solutions. We’re building the digital infrastructure on which eyecare businesses of the future will thrive.
Our next generation of eyecare software, Acuitas 3 OmniChannel Edition, enables a seamless and consistent patient experience across all channels. A unified framework that supports appointment booking, purchasing, payment, communication and more, online or in-store. A specialist industry needs a specialist software partner. At Ocuco, we’re committed to continuously advancing the boundaries of optical software.
Optix
Optix is the foremost PMS provider in the UK. Our software supports the success of the major UK independent groups along with countless individual practices.
Many of our customers now see over 30% of their appointments booked through our MySight patient portal. An online system that out classes anything the large multiples have to offer.
A great practice management system should do so much more than store your records. As business gets more difficult, so ever more independent practices are turning to Optix for the tools that help you to thrive in a competitive world.
Outside Clinic
Since 1987, we've been bringing expert eye and hearing care to the comfort of people's homes. We started as a small team of passionate opticians and have since evolved into one of the UK's leading home eye and hearing care providers, with over 500 dedicated professionals.
As part of the Optimism Health Group, we're growing and innovating continually to meet rising demands for exceptional domiciliary care. Our mission is to improve the health, wellbeing, and happiness of older people by making essential services accessible, personal, and effective. We're dedicated to clinical excellence, offering unparalleled expertise and professionalism in patient care.
Scope
Founded in 2009, Scope is a family run business with a strong healthcare heritage.
Our family has been working within the healthcare sector in Ireland & UK for over
80 years, with a reputation for:
- Providing premium & innovative products to enhance patients’ lives
- Strong customer service to both customers and patients
- Maintaining and building long term relationships with all Health Care Professionals that are key to our success
- Providing a full-scale service to an ethical and high professional standard
Scope offers innovative management products for Ocular Surface Disease and Age-Related Macular Degeneration, as well as a well-established food supplement range.
Scope operates in the UK, Ireland, and the USA with a product offering with a track record of successfully helping patients worldwide.
Specsavers
Specsavers changes lives through better sight and hearing, with our expert clinicians making a difference every day. We have been a family-run business for nearly 40 years, working with our partners to provide the best value optometry, audiology and other healthcare services and the best possible outcomes for our patients. As the largest privately-owned optical group in the world, employing more than 40,000 colleagues in the UK, Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. We provide outstanding continuing professional development and are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture - everybody is somebody at Specsavers.
Vivid Optical
Founded in early 2011, Vivid Optical is the UK’s leading recruitment consultancy in the optometry market.
Offering a fully bespoke service, we tailor our approach depending on the needs and requirements of both clients and candidates.
With the largest team of consultants in the UK, our specialties include qualified individuals such as optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians, as well as all other optical professionals. In fact, if you work in the optical industry, we should be your first port of call!
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