UPDATE, 23 March 2020: We have made the decision to temporarily close all stores after Tuesday 23 March 2020. We need to ensure your safety and the safety of our teams.

Amid the developing Coronavirus situation, we wanted to take a moment to reassure you of the actions we are taking during these uncertain times.

The health of yourselves and of our teams is our biggest priority. We are closely following the advice of Public Health England and the World Health Organisation and introducing a wide variety of measures to minimise the impact to public health.

Cleaning in our stores has been hugely intensified, with our teams regularly sanitising their hands, and maintaining as much distance as possible when working with customers. We have introduced additional scheduled cleaning breaks where we deep clean the premises. This means that our temporary opening hours at all stores are now:

9.00am – 1.00pm and 1.45pm – 5.00pm

At present it is difficult to know how long businesses will remain open, that all depends on the government's decision. All the while we can, we will be here to help you. If closures are forced, we will contact you.

Any of our team members who show even mild signs of flu-like symptoms have been advised to follow the Government advice surrounding medical care and self-isolation, and we are ensuring that team members are supported fully during this time.

We will continue to monitor the situation and follow direction given by the Government and will take whatever action is necessary to protect the health of our customers and our teams. As always, please keep an eye on the NHS recommendations.

• If you have the above symptoms symptoms, stay at home for 7 days
• If you live with other people, they should stay at home for 14 days from the day the first person got symptoms
• If you live with someone who is 70 or over, has a long-term condition, is pregnant or has a weakened immune system, try to find somewhere else for them to stay for 14 days.

If you have to stay at home together, try to keep away from each other as much as possible.

If you have any concerns or needs in regards to collections of spectacles or supply of contact lenses, please do not hesitate to contact us. We want to look after our valued customers.

Stay safe and look after those around you as well.

Clean lenses, all day long?

Let's admit it, keeping our lenses clean can be a real pain - how many times a day do you find yourself giving your lenses a clean? A smudge here, a fingerprint there. This is now a thing of the past with the new, revolutionary X-tra Clean coating on your Rodenstock lenses.

On Saturday, our Battle team welcomed the Rotary Club of Senlac in-store for a Stroke Awareness Day. A third of those people whose blood pressure was checked were referred to their GP for further investigation. The Rotary Clubs of Senlac and Battle worked with the Stroke Association to make people aware of the risks of strokes at an event in Battle. Some 40 people were seen and thirteen of those exhibited a blood pressure outside the normally expected range.

We couldn't be happier to announce that Barracloughs have won yet another award! Our Uckfield team attended the swanky East Sussex Business Awards ceremony last night at the East Sussex National, and were awarded Professional Service Provider of the Year.

It's time for your Eastbourne store to undergo some changes - we'd like to make it more spacious for you, more inviting and generally brighter and more modern. 

We can't believe it's been four years since we joined the lovely town of Uckfield. Now it is time to give your Uckfield store a fantastic facelift!

Whether bright sunshine, artificial light, shade or twilight - the constant adaptation to changing light conditions demands peak power from your eyes. Rely on spectacles that are able to think for themselves: thanks to ColorMatic IQ^® 2 - the intelligent self-tinting lenses from Rodenstock.

On Friday night Barracloughs attended the 2018 Eastbourne Business Awards. Attendees of the ceremony were businesses who had all achieved excellence within their field. All kinds of industries and goals, whether in growth, innovation, contribution to the community or pioneering new markets. We were honoured to be surrounded by such great teams and overjoyed to be awarded Customer Service of the Year Award on the night!

It's not a nice thought, but Demodex is the most common microscopic mite found in the human skin. These mites can be found on your eyelids and Demodex prevalence increases with age. It is observed in 84% of the population at age 60 and an incredible 100% of the population over the age of 70.

Saturday 27th October will commemorate our tenth William Morris Style Day, taking place at your Bexhill store. These events began way back in 2013 and have always been a huge success and great fun. New to Style Days? Read on...