Category Archives: News in Sileby

Celebrating 400 Google Reviews At Newark

Our Opticare Newark practice is celebrating reaching 400 Google Reviews! As an independent optician, we pride ourselves on offering the very best in customer care and a personalised service to all who decide to choose Opticare as their trusted optician. 400 Google Reviews later, and we’re immensely proud to retain our average rating of 5 […]

Audra retires from Opticare after 36 years of exemplary service

Audra retires from Opticare after 36 years of exemplary service

We’d personally like to say thank you to Audra, who recently retired after 36 years of dedicated service. Over that time Audra has helped shape, develop and grow Opticare Opticians into the first-class, friendly local opticians our patients love. Audra first started working with our Directors at Rayners in Grantham in 1986. Her first role […]

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Our Website Runs on 100% Renewable Energy

We’re proud to announce that through working with our partners, we can now say that our website runs on 100% renewable energy. The internet uses a lot of power. It’s estimated that data centres that host websites and services are responsible for somewhere between 1% – 3% of global energy use. This causes greenhouse gas […]

Opticare helps to raise funds for both Loros and Beaumond House Hospice charities

Over £900 raised for 2 local charities

To celebrate our 30th year in business, we decided earlier in the year to raise money for 2 local charities close to our hearts. As a small thank-you to the communities that have supported us and allowed us to grow over the past 30 years it was decided that in July and August this year, […]

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WIN a pair of Ray-Ban Sunglasses

As part of our 30th anniversary celebrations this August, we’re giving away a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses with this fun little game… Take a good look around our website for hidden silly glasses icons. There’s eight in total so you’ve got a good chance of finding one, but watch out – they move around every […]

Logos for both Beaumond House and Loros Hospice Care featuring in glasses lenses

Raising Money for Local Charities in Newark & Leicester

EXTENDED UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST In August this year, it will be our 30th year in business. To celebrate this, we have lots of competitions and promotions currently being organised, but 1 of the most important is to thank our local community. For this reason, we have decided to donate £1 from every pair […]

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Specialist Therapeutic Eyecare Now Available At Opticare

Are you concerned about your eyes? Perhaps you worry about whether you have an eye condition, but the idea of waiting a long time to see a specialist puts you off making an appointment. The good news is that Amar-Kaash Gandecha, our director, can now diagnose certain eye conditions at Opticare without the need for […]

Nighttime Driving Glasses To Reduce Glare And Reflections

With nights starting earlier, at this time of year, we tend to find ourselves driving more and more at night. This can bring different problems to do with vision and remaining safe behind the wheel. Driving at night affects many aspects of vision, including depth perception, colour recognition, and peripheral vision, for which nighttime driving […]

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Opticare Are Re-Opening

We are re-opening Wednesday 13th May. Given the news that the UK is now past the peak number of Coronavirus cases, we are cautiously re-opening our branches for essential appointments, from the 13th May, Monday-Friday 9am-4:30pm. RESTRICTIONS APPLY, PLEASE READ ON FOR DETAILS…

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Energy Efficient Lighting Now Complete In All Our Practices

In February we finished a project which we began last year, with the last filament bulb light being removed from our Newark practice and being replaced by LED lighting. We now have energy-efficient lighting throughout our branches in Newark, Sileby, Anstey, Birstall. A local electrical company has been working with us to complete the work, […]