
New eyewear awards
The inaugural LOFTxTEF Awards, a collaboration between Loft Eyewear Shows and The Eyewear Forum (TEF) online magazine, was hosted at Loft Studios in New York on 22 March.
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The inaugural LOFTxTEF Awards, a collaboration between Loft Eyewear Shows and The Eyewear Forum (TEF) online magazine, was hosted at Loft Studios in New York on 22 March.

The inaugural MyHealth1st practice management conference, Optometry Business Bootcamp, will be held on the 7-8 September 2019 at the picturesque Mantra on Salt Beach on just south of the Gold Coast in New South Wales.

After more than a year of planning, oculoplastic surgeon Dr Paul Rosser’s new surgical business, Eyes and Eyelids, opened its doors for the first time in April at 1, St Marks Rd, Remuera.

Paterson Burn Optometrists has teamed up with Rototuna Primary School to help identify visual issues affecting students’ learning.

Mortimer Hirst has increased its number of Auckland practices to four after acquiring Paterson Burn Optometrists’ practice in Newmarket.

New Zealand optical industry support provider OpticsNZ has joined forces with Colliers International for the practice brokering arm of the business.

Research into the number of female speakers at medical conferences in the US and Canada has shown the proportion is increasing but more still needs to be done.

At the end of March, 90 ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses and technicians from across New Zealand gathered in Auckland for the annual Macular Degeneration New Zealand (MDNZ) symposium to share and learn from each other’s insights and experiences. Guest speakers included Associate Professor Andrew

Johnson & Johnson Vision is rolling out its much-anticipated Acuvue Oasys With Transitions Light Intelligent Technology contact lenses in the US and Europe.

Australian-based frame and optical accessory distribution company Healy Optical Group has gone into voluntary liquidation. “The business is continuing to trade and we are working with the liquidators to explore a variety of options to sell or restructure the business,” the company said in a statemen

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is encouraging less screen time for young children, saying to grow up healthy, children need to sit less and play more. In new guidelines on physical activity,

Some RayBan non-prescription sunglasses are being recalled in Australia as the lenses could break and cause eye damage. The brown tortoiseshell sunglasses were sold in Big W optical stores from 2016