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EMPLOYMENT LAW AND MARKETING TO BE MARCH FOCUS
Relevant optical presentations on marketing, with a guest speaker from The Institute of Marketing will be made. Discrimination and Employment Law will also be discussed with advice from industry experts. "Our growing membership greatly values the support that joining...
FREE LEGAL ADVICE FOR FMO MEMBERS
"The most common calls we receive are about employment questions, and there has been an increase of debt calls due to the economic climate, but our team of experts also have specialist knowledge of property rentals, health and safety, small tax issues, motoring...
OPEN FOR BUSINESS BUDGET
The rise in VAT to 20% "may do little to improve the flow of consumers visiting opticians' practices, but having lived through a cut of 2.5% recently we have to ask how much this affected business," says the organisation. "The fact that consumers have six months to...
CARBON TRUST LOANS OFFER OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST
Providing loans of between "3,000 and "100,000 for energy saving advances, Carbon Trust Loans are currently available over a one to four year period. Funding is confirmed for the financial year to March 2011, but will be subject to budgetary changes after this period....
OPTRAFAIR 2011 OPENS FOR BOOKINGS
The FMO's biennial show of all that is new in the world of optics, will run from 9-11 April 2011 at The NEC, Birmingham. Combining unrivalled opportunities to meet the entire optical community under one roof, with the chance to see world class technology and the...
FMO LAUNCHES MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT BROCHURE
Advances in diagnostic and spectacle manufacturing technology, understanding compliance with European and world standards, relevant legal and insurance advice, the long established Bad Payers' List, networking, optical training, and discounted rates on a number of...
KEEP COMMUNICATING WITH CUSTOMERS WARNS FMO
Philip Preston, Regional Director of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, told the FMO audience that "time and again it has been proven that this was the wrong thing to do and that companies which increase their spend through a recession emerge three times faster...
OPTRAFAIR 2011 LOOKS TO STEP UP SERIOUS BUSINESS
Suppliers across the optical field are looking to provide opportunities for the profession to engage more with new and existing clients and show owners, The FMO, is tailoring next year's show to meet this uncapped demand. Business education, besides growing the CET...