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Covering the South Wales Coast, Cardiff based Domiciliary Optometrist Jason Scaife, is thoroughly enjoying his role with Specsavers Home Visits. After a few years working in store, his career advanced into Domiciliary. He moved from locum to a permanent role with Specsavers only last year. Starting with Specsavers I joined Specsavers last February on Valentine’s […]
This month our relocation series takes us to the takes us to the historic and creative cities of Bristol and Gloucester. These cities offer something for everyone – from museums, galleries, bars, restaurants, boutique shops and cafes, to renowned farmers markets and beautiful countryside. We wanted to share some highlights of these wonderful locations and […]
Sarah McGowan beams as she chats to us about her 20-year Specsavers career and 5 successful years as Contact Lens Director at Specsavers Bristol. For someone whose career has not stopped, she has found the right balance between running her contact lens clinics and managing a very busy City Centre store. She’s enjoying every minute […]
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 […]
Today we’re joining the celebrations for International Women’s Day Here at Specsavers, three of the four business categories – Domiciliary, Audiology and Newmedica – have female General Managers. We spoke to them about their career at Specsavers and the opportunities available across the company. Domiciliary General Manager Mel Roberts Mel has been with the company […]
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. Tell us a bit about your job and what you do at Specsavers? After my time as a Lab Technician, I am now a Student Dispensing Optician based in the Telford […]
Kejal Shah is an Ophthalmic Domiciliary Director, her region covers Surrey and Kent. She spoke to us about the main reason she chose Specsavers Home Visits, the people she meets and the skills she has learnt through Domiciliary. Hi Kejal, thanks for talking to us, first of all, what’s your journey with Specsavers been like […]
Soon to be celebrating 21 years since starting with Specsavers, Carina Hummel is now Audiology General Manager, responsible for UK & Ireland Audiology Business, and to celebrate World Hearing Day, we spoke to her about her career. “I was looking for a gap year job and saw an advert in my local paper about two […]
Qualifying in 2020, Eamon Tariq, took the Specsavers Pathway to Partnership course and aged 28, is now a Joint Venture Partner. Starting out with Specsavers as a part-time Optical Advisor, while studying Optometry at University, he completed his pre-reg at the same store – joining the Pathway course as soon as he’d qualified. We caught […]
John Carlisle, our Head of European Logistics Operations, talked to us about the challenges and changes of managing logistics for Specsavers during the pandemic. Tell us about your role at Specsavers and how this has been affected by Covid 19? My role manages imports from Asia and Europe into our UK and European manufacturing & distribution sites. I […]
