Category Archive: News

1. Look who’s talking.

   Kayleigh Felstead – Manager of our award winning practice in Hebden Bridge.   We had a truly fantastic time at the Valli Staff awards in Elland last month. Now that the dust has settled and everyone has had chance to reflect on the year’s achievements we thought what better time than now to interview our winners. […]

2. Valli is a shooting star

   Valli Opticians Group has been hailed as a star performer in a monthly competition run by Huddersfield Town Football Club and club partner Lucas Lee. Valli Opticians is the latest winner of the Shooting Star award in recognition of our acquisition of the seven-strong opticians group A H Mertons Limited. Each month Huddersfield Town Football […]

3. Doing our bit in a Christmas knit!

   The staff of Valli Opticians have had their knitting needles out and will all be wearing their best Christmas jumpers to work on December 18th.  As usual the team will be supporting Christmas Jumper day, raising much needed funds for Save the Children, Make-A-Wish UK and Macmillan Cancer Support. In addition to doing their bit […]

4. Valli staff awards 2015

   The Valli/AH Mertons Valli Staff Awards took place on Saturday 28th November at Bertie’s, in Elland. This glittering event saw staff from both businesses come together with representatives from key suppliers to celebrate  the staff s achievements and to recognise excellence. The revellers gathered for an evening  dedicated to celebrating the very best in independent optical care and customer service. […]

5. Valli Opticians seeing double after acquisition

   Managing Director, Moin Valli was just a twinkle in his parents eye when Malcom Jones was launching his optical chain in the North West of England.  Now, less than 40 years later Valli Opticians Group has acquired Malcolm’s seven strong group. Valli Holdings acquisition of A H Merton group not only doubles our number of stores, it […]

6. Valli Opticians at the Brass Factor

   The rain may have poured down over the weekend, but the Brass Factor in Holmfirth was still a great success. It was a full house in the Picturedrome as the crowd braved the weekend’s terrible weather to soak up (pardon the pun) the evening’s music. Each year Alex Bray’s brain child, the Brass Factor, brings […]

7. GANT comes to Valli

   Did you know that Valli Opticians has some fabulous new brands in store? These vary from the popular, well known, fashionable high street names to more custom-made, bespoke products. Our new ranges include something for everyone from the lightweight Lindberg rimless frames, to the high couture Tom Ford collection. For the more adventurous we have […]

8. A Harrowing Halloween Eye Horror Story!

   With the warning bells we sounded in our blog a couple of weeks ago still ringing, we were not at all surprised when a young man came into our Hebden Bridge practice on Tuesday complaining of eye pain following the use of cosmetic contact lenses purchased off the internet. He purchased the contact lenses online […]

9. Comfortable reading at all distances with near comfort lenses

     As we age many of us find that varifocal lenses are a solution for correcting vision for distance and reading. For those who need help for near vision only, standard reading lenses are suitable. However many of us are finding that with the multiple devices we now use, such as tablets and smartphones, these […]

10. Look after your eyes this Halloween

    With Halloween nearly upon us, now is a popular time of year for people to buy coloured contact lenses to put that finishing touch to their Halloween costumes. Whether that costume is a blood-sucking vampire or a green lantern costume, coloured contact lenses can certainly add a spooky touch. Coloured contact lenses are popular year-round, […]

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