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  • Specsavers: Sales and profit rise as bumper pay day scrapped

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    Specsavers has scrapped the bumper dividend it has been handing to its billionaire owners despite its sales and profit growing during its latest financial year. The chain has paid out £15m in each its last two financial years to founders Dame Mary Perkins and her husband Doug. Over that time, Specsavers’ turnover has increased from [...]

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  • Vision Express makes first profit since 2016 as sales near £400m

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    Vision Express returned to the black for the first time since 2016 as its sales jumped towards the £400m during its latest financial year, it has been revealed. The Nottinghamshire-headquartered company has reported a pre-tax profit of £7.9m for 2023, having posted a pre-tax loss of £173,000 in 2022, according to newly-filed accounts with Companies [...]

    Vision Express has posted its first pre-tax profit since 2016. Credit - Vision Express.

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