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Healthy you, healthy eyes
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Your eyes in your 40s and beyond
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Amblyopia and lazy eye
Children’s eyecare basics
Myopia
At the opticians
At the eye test
Equipment in optical practices
Eyecare at home
How to complain
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People with disabilities
Shared care schemes
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Spectacle frames
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Winter sports eyewear
Looking after your glasses
Orthokeratology
Protective eyewear
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Cataract
Blepharitis
Diabetic eye disease
Dry eye
Glaucoma
Low vision
Keratoconus
Macular degeneration
Red eye
Refractive errors
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Retinitis pigmentosa
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Find an optician
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Business valuation
R A Valuation Services
What to look out for when buying a practice
by R A Valuation Services
Reasons for a valuation of your practice
by R A Valuation Services
Simple ways to increase the value of your practice
by R A Valuation Services
Cost savings on utilities and telecoms
Beaconplus
Energy Outsourcing
Telecommunications outsourcing
FAQs
Beaconplus Testimonials
Case study: S Coopers
Case study: Rogers, Brock & Barker
Case study: Midland Orthodontics
Case study: Hague Lambert Solicitors
Eyecare professional courses and qualifications
ABDO College
Finance
Performance Finance
Maximise your Return on Investment for OCT
Planning for the big tax bill
Case study: Michelle Beach
Frame Styling
Going for Growth with Eyewear Styling
How to style your clients in eyewear that they love
HR advice
ABDO HR Service
New Starters
Leavers
Employees
IASME Consortium
IASME Consortium
What is Cyber Essentials?
Locum services from Locumkit
Find out about Locumkit services for locums and employers
Leadership
Leadership & Management professional membership body
Leadership essentials – taking initiative
by the Institute of Leadership and Management
Leadership essentials – conversation
by the Institute of Leadership and Management
Leadership essentials – meetings
by the Institute of Leadership and Management
Leadership and Management courses and qualifications
Mentoring
eMentoring by ABDO
ABDO peer to peer mentoring scheme
Why being a mentor can help YOUR career
The difference a mentor makes
Mentor Tips
How Mentoring Will Help You To Improve Your Performance
Reverse mentoring – A win-win for mentor and mentee
How a Mentor Can Accelerate Your Career
Insights Into A Powerful Mentoring Relationship
Making A Mentoring Relationship Work – Top Tips
Mentoring Techniques
Mentoring techniques – tips for mentees
Questions to ask a mentor
How To Cultivate Great Mentor Relationships And Grow Your Career
What makes a good mentor?
The importance of mentoring: benefits for career success
Could mentoring help you break free from workplace stress?
Mentoring for mentees guide
Mentoring for mentors guide
Mentoring – How To Give Constructive Feedback People Will Actually Listen To
The science behind great mentoring
Tips for making a mentor-mentee relationship mutually
Taking advantage of reverse mentoring
How does the mentoring process work?
What it means to be a mentor
Are you ready to benefit from mentoring?
Key skills of a mentor
Graduate Mentoring – How to get workplace ready
Online
The benefits of online reviews – getting them and responding to them
The importance of online reputation management for your practice
The importance of a Google business listing
Monitoring Online Brand Reputation
How to engage with your customers to drive business
Payroll
IRIS FMP
Payroll outsourcing
by IRIS FMP
Payroll outsourcing and business growth
by IRIS FMP
Payroll outsourcing for small and medium businesses
by IRIS FMP
Payroll outsourcing services UK – a guide
by IRIS FMP
Questions to ask payroll providers
by IRIS FMP
Payroll Software
SightCare
Meet SightCare
Staff training – cost or investment
by SightCare
Top tax tips for small businesses
by SightCare
Planning business growth
by SightCare
Starting your own practice
by SightCare
The Benefits of Optical Buying Groups
by SightCare
Tax
IR35 changes
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