Interview: Specsavers moving on up

For a multinational optical corporation such as Specsavers, the global pandemic presented a raft of unprecedented challenges. Most were dealt with effectively, some changed the way the company did business and others, by the company’s own admission, left it fearful for the future.

While the Covid-19 pandemic is not over, the adjustments made to everyone’s daily lives have certainly put it in the rear-view mirror. The turbulent times the world finds itself in means Specsavers now has to manage the fallout from soaring costs of energy, 40-year-high inflation rates and supply chain delays. All while trying to move on from the impact of Covid-19.