From locum to lab owner

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For the independent business, by an independent business is a slogan which Sheeraz Janjua, owner of the Spectacle Lens Company, believes best sums up his trading ethos and emphasises the key strength of his lab.

Optometrist Janjua has had a busy decade in optics since graduating from the University of Bradford in 2000. He spent his pre-reg year in 2001 working for Dollond & Aitchison, followed by two years as a locum.

Janjua says it was during this period that he discovered that he enjoyed the flexibility of being a locum, which gave him a broader knowledge of the optical sector beyond the consulting room. 'I enjoyed the control I had over where I worked and just how many hours I worked,' he says. 'It made me realise just how much I wanted to be my own boss and buying my own practice seemed like the obvious next step in retaining this independence.'