Interview: Learning lessons of lockdown

With the anniversary of the first Covid-19 nationwide lockdown in the UK approaching, it is an opportune moment to sit down with an optical company that has had a particularly eventful past two years. In that time Hoya has supported its clients through the uncertainty of the pandemic, launched a myopia management spectacle lens and won big at the Optician Awards.

‘Hoya is positioned to support independents,’ says Martin Batho, managing director at Hoya UK. ‘Our whole approach is to support independent practices and that has only been accelerated by the pandemic. During those days in March 2020 when there was a high degree of uncertainty, we found a lot of eye care professionals (ECPs) and independent practices were looking to us for support and guidance.’