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Christmas and New Year Opening Times 2019/20

We will be open as normal until Tuesday 24th December, when we will close at around 2.00pm…. or a bit earlier if we get thirsty!! We are then closed till Read more…

End of Season Sale 2019

We’ve recently got back from an amazing trade show in Paris, and our exciting new frames will be arriving shortly. We are really excited about the new ranges we will Read more…

Never too cool for school

We always like to keep our eyes – and ears – open for the latest optical-related news and technology. So, our super-keen optometrists, Amar and Kim, recently sharpened their pencils Read more…

Woo Hoo! Our window displays have made it to the finals of the Optician Awards.

We’ve always liked to make a great first impression. That’s why we put lots of thought into making our window displays that little bit different. Our lovely customers are often Read more…

Spot the ball. How a visit to an Optometrist led to an awesome score for a New Zealand batsman.

When you’re a Test match batsman, it’s pretty much assumed that your eyesight’s up to scratch. So when New Zealander Ross Taylor went for an eye test and was told Read more…

Optical Ooh la la. Checking out the sexy new styles in Paris

Fresh (if a little footsore) from Paris, myself, Laura and Sarah are still buzzing. Silmo is one of the world’s top trade shows for the optical industry and we hit Read more…

How working with light led to a poetic encounter

It’s not every day I get asked to recite a poem – and get filmed doing it. So when an email appeared in my inbox from the amazing poet Liz Read more…

In training with new daily multifocal contact lenses

The contact lenses in question are called the Acuvue Moist Multifocal and will available from July 2015 (yes folks, we got a sneak peek). Designed specifically for patients with presbyopia – Read more…

Brand spanking… Shiny new consulting room

Here at Amar Shah we like to keep ahead of the game. And we’re pretty confident that in terms of the eye care we provide and the choice of glasses Read more…

Leading contact lens manufacturer rates our opinion

Bausch+Lomb, one of the world’s leading contact lens companies invited our very own Amar Shah to join a panel of respected contact lens practitioners to their headquarters in Ireland to Read more…

The king of optical cool gives us the thumbs up

It’s always nice to get a compliment and when it comes from an industry maestro it’s even sweeter. Talking in an article in the journal Optometry Today, Jason Kirk, MD Read more…