A MONMOUTH opticians is celebrating after being named as a finalist at the Optometry Wales Awards 2025.

Specsavers Monmouth, owned by directors Louise Harvey and Emily-Anne Frost, is a finalist in the Sustainability Practice of the Year category. The recognition reflects the store’s ongoing efforts to reduce its environmental impact and champion greener practices across primary care.

The Monnow Street store is also investing in its future, with plans underway to add a fifth test room, which will increase capacity to test and treat more local customers.

The Optometry Wales award nomination comes on the back of the store achieving a Gold Award from the Greener Primary Care Wales Framework and Award Scheme, underlining its commitment to sustainable operations and environmentally responsible patient care.

Emily-Anne Frost, dispensing optician and retail director at Specsavers Monmouth, says: ‘We’re delighted to be finalists at this year’s Optometry Wales Awards. Being shortlisted for Sustainability Practice of the Year is a real honour and a reflection of the hard work and commitment of our whole team.

‘Alongside the Gold Award we achieved earlier this year, this nomination shows our determination to adopt sustainable practices and play our part in Wales’ environmental goals.

‘Sustainability is central to how we run the practice, and we’ll continue to review our choices to make sure greener ways of working are embedded wherever possible.’

The winners will be announced at the Optometry Wales Awards ceremony in Cardiff on 29 November.

Specsavers Monmouth is open seven days a week. To find out more information about Specsavers in Monmouth, request an appointment or browse the online store, visit www.specsavers.co.uk/stores/monmouth.

Additionally, to make eye health accessible to all, the store offers a Home Visits service for those unable to leave their homes unaccompanied due to disability or illness.