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As with many other organisations during the current Coronavirus outbreak, FMO staff are currently working remotely. Please do not hesitate to continue to contact the FMO office as normal via email with any queries. For Optrafair questions and updates please contact...

Having monitored the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation carefully and listened to FMO members’ views and concerns over the last couple of weeks, the FMO Board has today (12 March) unanimously decided to postpone Optrafair 20/20. The decision has been made in...

FMO Member Julian Wiles, Founder and Owner, Performance Lenses Ltd and Chair of the John Conway Discussion Julian will give a 15-minute introduction to this topic at Optrafair 20/20. During his introduction he will read out short statements detailing optical...

FMO member Hakim Group has once again partnered with Optrafair to become Platinum sponsors, maintaining the group’s ongoing commitment to the optical industry. This is the second year in the row that the group of independent opticians has been one of the main...

FMO member Performance Finance is the UK’s leading optical finance provider. Established in 2005, they have arranged over £437m of facilities for their clients. They promise exceptional value and can assist with: EQUIPMENT FINANCE BUSINESS LOANS PERSONAL LOANS TAX AND...

ADVICE ON CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) We are monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation carefully and regularly. Our current status with regards to the COVID-19 virus remains the same: the health, safety and wellbeing of exhibitors, visitors and staff remains...

The MIDO 2020 show which was due to take place between 29 February and 2 March in Milan has been postponed due to ongoing measures to help prevent the coronavirus.   Please see the website for full information and updates on a new date.   https://www.mido.com/en/

10.00 - 3.00, 27 February 199, Gloucester Terrace, W2 6LD The revitalised Lens Focus Group meets on 27 February with an agenda dominated by the impending EU Medical Devices Regulation, which comes into force on 26 May 2020, with an update on UDI from Roland Allen of...

One of the biggest issues facing manufacturers of medical devices this year is the new Medical Devices Regulation (MDR). Responding to the concerns of members of FMO who manufacture, distribute and supply spectacle frames and spectacle lenses, we have appointed Ann...

Last year the UK population ranked the environment behind Brexit and health as the third  most critical issue of concern, ahead of the economy, crime and immigration. As we finally exit the EU the feeling is that anxiety around the environment will only heighten....

Andy Yorke, Managing Director of Topcon Great Britain Ltd, has come a long way from his days at Portway Comprehensive in Bristol. Having worked his way through the ranks at Topcon over the last  30 years, he is now MD of a world leader that combines the most...

With Optrafair embracing 2020 into its ethos, Simon Jones looks at what is on offer at the show this year. FMO have placed innovation and adaptation in practice at the forefront of the exhibition’s conference programme. The programme content offers what is described...