Kiwi entrepreneur Lynden Mason, co-founder of New Zealand’s largest hairdressing group Vivo, has sold his share in Vivo to return to optometry, pursue philanthropic interests and start new business ventures.
We get the first sunrise of each day, so it’s only fair that we’re leading the market for sunglass sales.
Approaching retirement, got an eye on a bach or those projects you said you’d do once you had the time? The question now is, ‘How do I go about selling my practice?’ Here are some considerations.
The eighth Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ) Symposium attracted a full crowd of ophthalmologists, optometrists and nurses keen to learn.
New Zealand’s Dr Ben O'Keeffe, a non-training locum ophthalmology registrar and two-time Rugby World Cup referee, speaks about how his two careers help balance him.
Every year in Aotearoa New Zealand several hundred patients require a corneal transplant. This may be because their cornea is scarred, cloudy or too thin to allow good vision. While we await the invention of the fully fledged laboratory-grown cornea, our principal option to treat these patients is u
Eye Surgery Associates’ mid-winter dinner symposium was packed full of eyecare pearls for attending optometrists.
The author and creator of perhaps the world’s most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, was also a medical doctor who attempted to specialise in ophthalmology. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born in Edinburgh in 1859, studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. After graduating
One of the main reasons I chose to study optometry was a deep desire to help improve healthcare outcomes in local communities. So when Specsavers announced its annual outreach programme and the opportunity to assist with the Fred Hollows Foundation New Zealand’s work in Fiji, I was quick to put my h
Picking up the phone that day was akin to picking up the loose end of a ball of wool the cat had played with. The 73-year-old woman on the other end of the line was very agitated and emotional as she described the perils of looking through an “oil bubble” and how her poor vision was restricting her
Auckland’s Tote on Ascot, once home to the world’s first automatic totalisator machine (a device for adding up bets, invented by New Zealander George Julius), was packed to the rafters when Re:Vision’
The cost-of-living increase has made us all more conscious of getting a good deal. That can lead to many small businesses finding themselves having to justify their prices and coming under pressure to offer a discount. A sale can be a great way to promote your business, but reducing your prices too
