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ADVERTORIAL


















                    A PASSION FOR




                        PARTNERSHIP









                          When you join Specsavers, we remove the barriers to ownership
                                     by covering 100% of the location start-up costs.



                        s a qualified optician, Mike  tailored to local ECPs which meets the  product & procurement, IT, accounting

                        Protopsaltis, Partnership Director  eye health needs of communities.  and more. We provide partners all the

                   A at Specsavers Canada, understands     Q: A $100m investment in ECPs    tools to do what matters most: providing
                   what it  is to be a franchise owner.     is quite significant. Why has    quality eyecare for patients and time
                   He credits his 10 years’ ownership     Specsavers made this decision?  to lead their team. It is a testament to
                   experience as a driver behind helping                            the experience we have as a company
                   other like-minded optometrists and    We have a model that’s proven itself     and the support that we can offer new
                   opticians make the dream of business  around the world, so we made a    business owners.
                   ownership become a reality.      conscious decision to invest $100m   Q: Who is eligible for business
                   With Specsavers’ $100m commitment to   to empower and enable ECPs who   ownership with Specsavers?
                   open 200 locations by 2024, Protopsaltis     are ready to start their own business.
         Mike Protopsaltis,                         Our  investment  removes  the common    What we are looking for are like-minded,
        Partnership Director  provided answers to the common

                   questions he’s hearing from eyecare    financial barriers to starting a new  ambitious optometrists and opticians,
                   professionals exploring options to     business and getting access to the latest  who want to create a future for
                   starting their own business.     technology. When an eligible optometrist    themselves as business owners. Specsavers

                   Q: What is Specsavers’ approach   or optician joins us as a business owner,  is an  entrepreneurial  business with
                                                    we will cover 100% of their location  partnership  at  our  core.  We  embrace
                     to partnership?                start-up costs. This is an average of  ECPs  who  share  our  can-do  attitude,
                   If there’s one word to sum up Specsavers,  $500k in store design, construction,    passion for clinical excellence, and
                   it is “partnership”. We started nearly  displays, POS equipment, and other  purpose of providing accessible, quality
                   40 years ago in the UK by optometrist  costs. We simply hand you keys to a  eyecare to all.
                   husband and wife team, Doug and Mary    brand-new clinic and store. We want   If you want to start your Specsavers’
                   Perkins. Their commitment to supporting  to invest and back the right people by     business ownership journey, speak

                   the Specsavers partnership continues to  supporting them all the way.  to  Mike Protopsaltis at  enquiries.ca@
                   burn brightly as ever and defines how     Q: This sounds almost too good    specsavers.com and subscribe to
                   we work at Specsavers. We tailor our   to be true. Is there a catch?  specsavers-spectrum.ca for the latest
                   partnership to local conditions and                              news.
                   work in lockstep with optometrists and    There’s absolutely no catch. In Canada,
                   opticians. This is how we’ve delivered  every Specsavers location is jointly
                   success to over 3,500 franchise partners    owned by a local optometry partner and
                   and become market leader in 10 countries.  retail (ie. optician) partner. We provide

                   And now we’re excited to do the same  partners  access  to  our  support  team

                   in Canada – offer a partnership model  that offers services including marketing,

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