Retail Summit: Specsavers colleagues can help
At Specsavers, we are always looking at ways to enhance our partner interactions and experiences, and this week we delivered our first Specsavers Retail Summit, held at the ICC Birmingham.
Introducing an exciting addition to our wellbeing offer – Headspace
At Specsavers we’re committed to supporting our colleagues’ wellbeing, so we’re giving a 12-month subscription to Headspace to all colleagues across our stores and support offices, globally.
Empowered Together: supporting and creating an equal environment for women in Specsavers
Here at Specsavers, we want everyone to feel comfortable in bringing their full self to work – regardless of race, sexuality or gender. And so, Empowered Together has been created.
National Apprentice Week 2022 – Build the future, Charlotte Barsdell
We’ve proudly supported 1200 apprentices to successfully complete the programme over the last 5 years, and 90% have stayed with us and continued their professional development. Charlotte Barsdell knows first-hand how a Specsavers Apprenticeship seeds a lifelong career. She admits she didn’t quite know what was involved when she applied but was interested in the […]
National Apprentice Week 2022 – Build the future, Toby Fisher
In this brief series celebrating the impressive successes of our apprentices, you will discover there’s more to the 13-month programme than life-experience and learning. It’s about finding your passion and creating the foundation for a brilliant career. Toby Fisher started at Specsavers with a Saturday job in store, getting to know how the store ran […]
Climbing the retail ladder to Partnership with Conor Dewey
A chance job ad was all it took to spark Conor Dewey’s very successful career. Today he is a Retail Director for two stores in Ireland.
Specsavers aims to become the market leader in Canada
Specsavers to open more than 200 stores by 2024 to become market leader in Canada.
Department store to Optical Assistant for Olivia
Optical Assistant Olivia Booth joined Specsavers from a department store retail role. She’s loving using her fantastic people skills to have a more direct and positive impact on her local community.
Imogen Hoyle: from winning awards to a successful Partnership
From overcoming cancer to winning awards, the story of Imogen Hoyle and her rise to becoming a successful Partner is a highly inspiring one. Imogen joined Specsavers in 2005 as a Store Manager in Manchester, and after winning Best Store Manager at the Eye Care awards back in 2009, she was approached by the Specsavers […]
Henna Basharat: from Lab Tech to Dispensing Optician
Focusing on International Women’s Day, we spoke to Henna Basharat, about her journey through the Specsavers Apprenticeship scheme to becoming a Student Dispensing Optician, and her proudest moments.