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An interview with Ian Davies, vice president of the Vision Care Institute in Berkshire, England, is presented. According to Davies, they work with practicing eye care professionals at the training institute. Davies describes the features of the building, which include a lecture theatre, examination rooms linked to the theatre's big screen and a break-out area. He also comments on the issue of delivering corporate messages to delegates, in the light of the institute's connection to Johnson & Johnson.

The article reports on a two-day revision course taught to pre-registration optometry students at the newly opened Johnson & Johnson UK Vision Care Institute in Crowthorne, Berkshire in England in March 2009. The topics covered by the course include binocular vision and contact lens aftercare. The facility plans to launch a full educational programme at the end of the month.

The article offers information on the family business of the Bateman family. It informs that the business was started by George Campion Bateman in 1901, who started his practice in a converted bakery at King Street in Berkshire, England and mentions about Bateman's philosophy related to eye care. It reports on the expansion in the business of Batemans and mentions that George Bateman handed his business to his son Geoffrey Bateman in 1949, who in turn passed it to his son Peter Bateman.