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One in five people in the UK suffer from hay fever, and if you're one of them now is the time of year when it starts to become a real nuisance; the peak period (in the UK) being between March and September. In Spring it’s pollen released from trees and Summer it’s pollen (mostly) from grass. Pollen is an allergen that causes an allergic reaction in sufferers: their immune system treats the pollen as an invader and responds by mobilising to attack by producing large amounts of antibody. This can …

We're very pleased to have taken on the INVU range of sport and leisure style sunglasses. The INVU brand belongs to Swiss Eyewear Group; they specialise in designing, producing and distributing high quality, affordably priced polarised sunglasses. In the few years since the company was founded in 2013 the brand has grown at an astonishing rate, now with thousands of stockists worldwide.   INVU sunglasses combine Swiss engineering, beautifully crafted frames and a proprietary nine-layer lens with …

Like most industry sectors the optical world has its own esoteric language and sector-specific terminology. So if you’re baffled by terms like G15, EN166, TR90, photochromic, Trivex, CR-90 and so on we can help! We’ve just put together a glossary of optical terms to explain what all these strange terms mean. Go to ourEyewear Information page to find it (scroll down on the page).