SPECSAVERS Ilkley has invested over £250,000 in a store improvement programme, which will allow the store to expand and include a hear care centre for its customers. The expansion will offer a new test room, allowing the store to increase its hearing test capacity for customers along with greater availability of enhanced optical services. Roger Copley, store director at Specsavers Ilkley said: “This investment gives us the ability to enhance our hearing and optical services. It will provide a dedicated hearcare room with cutting edge technology and will increase availability for micro suction ear wax removal. “The investment in improving the store will also create career opportunities in the longer term, which will be widespread across the team in both optics and audiology – with expansion comes the need for more team members.”
AN OTLEY and Ilkley optician is warning of an increase in cases of ‘coronavision’ - with eye strain on the rise during lockdown. New research shows that eye strain and other sight-related issues have increased significantly since the first pandemic lockdown – with 42 per cent of people noticing their sight deteriorate since March 2020. This is almost double the number of people noticing sight deterioration during the first lockdown - 22 per cent, as reported by the College of Optometrists. The new study by high street opticians Specsavers shows that nearly half, 44 per cent, of those suffering any deterioration are yet to address the issue and see an optician.