In Focus: A positive position

Stronger Together’s first webinar of 2021 provided attendees with expert insight into the Chancellor’s recently announced Budget for 2021. Organised as part of the company’s ongoing support for the profession, the event featured talks from optometrist and businesses consultant Gavin Rebello, Hakim Group CEO Imran Hakim and behavioural economist Roger Martin-Fagg.

After a welcome from Rebello, Hakim utilised the webinar platform’s features to conduct a poll and asked how optimistic practitioners felt following the government’s announcement that lockdown restrictions would be lifted by June 21. The vast majority of attendees indicated that, out of 10, their confidence levels were at either eight or nine. Commenting on these results, Hakim said: ‘It’s clear that the overall sentiment right now is overwhelmingly positive and there’s a lot more confidence now than there was 12 months ago. It’s definitely been a very disruptive year, but the PM’s announcement of a timeline for opening up again has provided a lot of hope.’