Category: News & Announcements
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SelectSpecs Limited Edition Police & Expendables Competition Winner Announced
If you’ve been keeping an eye on our twitter or facebook pages you’ve probably seen and hopefully entered our competition to win an amazing limited edition ‘Expendables’ box set from Police containing a pair of Police S8362 Sunglasses and a limited edition Police wallet with a metal, brushed steel numbered certificate of authenticity all to…
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New approach for assessing drivers vision
Being a motorist myself, it makes me feel uneasy knowing, that one in ten motorists who require glasses in order to drive have admitted being lax about wearing them at all (Survey of 5.3 million motorists conducted by LV insurance). Driving without your glasses or contact lenses is a criminal offense, you are not only…
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Eye Test may detect Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms develop.
Research currently underway by scientists from the University College London believe Alzheimer’s and other diseases could be detected by a simple and inexpensive eye test that could be available from high street practices within the next five years. The non-invasive method uses fluorescent markers, which enable early indication of brain cell death by attaching to…
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Hottest Deal of the Week on HotUKDeals!
Just a very quick blog post to mention that our ‘World’s Cheapest Glasses offer‘ gained enough heat over at HotUKDeals to make it to the top of the hottest deal of the week! This combined with the launch of our new website means we’ve had a very busy week! 🙂
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SelectSpecs.com Website Refresh!
It has been almost 2 years since we launched the previous version of the SelectSpecs.com website but what a great 2 years it has been! Not only have we added more prestigious designer brands to our collection including Tom Ford, Roberto Cavalli and Mont Blanc, but we also successfully launched a range of prescription glasses…
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Eye Health Awareness Week 2010 – Day 6: Ultraviolet Radiation
How exposed are you to Ultraviolet radiation? We all enjoy a good measure of sunlight to make us feel good, perhaps it’s a trip to the beach or the local pack with the kids to ensure our vitamin D levels are topped up thanks to exposure from natural sunlight. All the same, we are more…
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Eye Health Awareness Week 2010 – Day 4: Glaucoma
What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is the name for a group of eye conditions where the optic nerve becomes damaged and vision deteriorates. It is one of the leading causes of preventable blindness and affects around 70 million people worldwide. In England and Wales alone 500,000 people suffer from some type of glaucoma – that’s about…
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Eye Health Awareness Week 2010 – Day 3: Wearing Contact Lenses
If you did a 10 minute survey of people coming out of a busy station chances are a large proportion of them would be wearing contact lenses. According to the Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers, around 3 million people in the UK wear contact lenses but that number is growing fast all the time. With…