Membership - Benefits & Services
Legal: advice on any personal (including motor), or commercial
(excluding motor) legal matters.
Tax Advice: advice on personal tax matters. Advice on commercial
tax matters now included.
Counselling: stress, retirement, redundancy, bereavement, etc.
Opticians' VAT Advice Line
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Accidental Death and Capital Benefits £25,000, increasing to £37,500 whilst a member is on public transport.
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Full Members and other professionals may develop their skills by taking our courses in Low Visual Acuity, Contact Lens fitting and Geometric Optics.
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Legal protection cover, payable up to £50,000.
| Dispensing Optics Journal | Top |
The only British journal devoted to optical dispensing, containing articles of technical and academic interest, as well as items of general appeal.
View D. O.
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Textbooks: an extensive stock of current optical titles, essential not only for students, but for general reference.
On-line bookshop
Annual Conference: ABDO hosts a weekend conference each autumn, at varying locations around the country. The program has a mix of educational seminars and lively social events and is well-supported by the optical industry.
Area Meetings: Regular social, educational and informative events are organised locally throughout the year.
Events
| Advice to Fellows |
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Sets out peer group opinion on professional standards. Accepted by the General Optical Council as the definitive guide to the conduct expected of dispensing opticians.
| Household Insurance |
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In almost all cases a competitive saving on your current arrangements should be achieved subject to proposal form. Available only in the UK.
| Professional Indemnity Insurance |
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We offer, to Full (FBDO) Members residing in the UK, what is probably the cheapest scheme available. Cover also available for Optometrists.
Exclusive rates for Members, with plans for Private Medical Care, Cash while hospitalised, Critical Illness, Term Life. Group policies available.
Please visit the website for further information http://www.hmca.co.uk/abdo.htm
| Car Breakdown Cover |
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Our Breakdown Recovery Club offers a complete service, including home starts and roadside assistance, with no membership fee.
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ABDO Benevolent Fund: Assists those Members, past and present (or their dependants), who suffer financial hardship.
Educational Trust: Encourages and promotes education and research in the art and science of dispensing optics for the public benefit.
| Financial Services |
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A range of services, from leasing equipment, to personal and professional financing, to savings schemes - all at preferential rates.
| Vehicles Direct Purchase Scheme |
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Acquire your new car with a saving of as much as 15%. Most makes and models, no-deposit finance, and delivery to your door!
| ABDO Credit Card (Call 0800 028 2440 for an application form)
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An attractive interest rate with no annual fee. Our Benevolent Fund receives a contribution from MBNA each time you make a purchase using the ABDO Credit Card.
| Motor Insurance |
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The Association’s Insurance Brokers have provided a motor insurance policy to include free cover in Europe for all makes and models of car which, subject to the contents of the proposal form, will give a competitive quotation. Available only in the UK.
| Practice Insurance |
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Our brokers have secured a policy to cover protection of your business premises with in almost all cases a competitive saving on your current arrangements should be achieved subject to proposal form. Available only in the UK.
| Employers Group |
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The challenges of running a business are many and therefore we have developed the Employers Group, which will provide you with access to a team of selected experts and services who will offer you the support you might require to run your business within best practise and legislative guidelines.