Realising a vision

There was a point during the pandemic where Justin Kellett was not sure if he’d have a business by the end of it all but, instead, he decided to move to a bigger site.

‘I thought, “The patients aren’t going anywhere so let’s carry on with the job in hand”,’ Kellett tells Optician.

Relocating to a bigger site gave staff at the Horwich-based independent a focus during Covid-19 and it meant there was a light at the end of the tunnel for furloughed team members.

Since Justin Kellett Opticians’ move to a former Barclays Bank site on Winter Hey Lane in Bolton, the practice is operating at double capacity compared to what it was pre-Covid and it has increased the days it tests from three to five days a week.