Practices are caught in eye of TJ Hughes storm

A number of optical practices have been left in the lurch as a result of retailer TJ Hughes going into administration last month.

TJ Hughes' Specialeyes concessions in Doncaster and Sheffield have shut down, while practitioners at five others face an anxious wait.

All 57 TJ Hughes department stores have continued to trade while administrators look to sell the business and its assets as a going concern. Practice owners must now decide if they should continue to weather the storm or invest in relocating.

One of the Specialeyes branches, in Stretford, Manchester, has opted to move out of TJ Hughes to another location within the same mall this weekend.