Specsavers Pays £12m Dividend as Profits Soar

Specsavers pays £12m dividend to parent company as profits soar

Pre-tax profits rose at high street opticians to £429.7m in the year to February while sales increased 7% to £4.3bn Specsavers has paid £12m to its parent company controlled by founders Doug and Dame Mary Perkins after the high street opticians’ profits soared by more than a quarter. The group operates nearly 3,000 optometry, audiology and ophthalmology businesses globally in at least eight countries, including more than 900 in the UK, through hundreds of independent partners. Continue readi...

By Sarah Butler