The Valli Group, winner of the 2013 Optician Award for Business Excellence, consists of six optical practices in West Yorkshire, with four in and around the town of Huddersfield. The group was founded in 2005 when husband and wife Moin and Rachel Valli acquired three practices, having previously worked in the optical industry in a variety of capacities.
‘I qualified as an optometrist in 2000, having done my degree at Aston University,’ says Moin. ‘I moved to Leeds and worked as a locum so I experienced the profession in both multiples and independents.’
It was at this point that he met Rachel, who was working as an optical adviser in a Dollond & Aitchison practice at the time. The pair soon launched their first venture into the world of business by buying and managing an optical recruitment agency.
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