In Focus: A sign of the times

Braemar Finance recently released the results of independent research that it commissioned to assess how practitioners were feeling about their prospects. Covering topics from the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 to levels of optimism within the profession, the research polled 200 managers and business owners from the optical industry in companies with up to 250 employees.

Covid-19’s continued impact has remained the major cause for concern across the optical sector and wider business despite promising signs from the UK’s targeted nationwide vaccine roll-out. Much has been made of the public anxieties around vaccination however, and Braemar’s research showed optical professionals were not immune to these concerns.